Monument to Mariano Baberán & Joaquín Collar

Camagüey


On a traffic island near the Casino Campestre entrance is a monument dedicated to Mariano Barberán and Joaquín Collar, Spaniards who made the first nonstop flight between Spain (Seville) and Cuba (Camagüey) in 1933.


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