The Camaguey nomination file has the length of a Fidel Castro average speech. Every ice cream parlour is named. This is not helped by an El Cheapo translation into English of the file. Why this has become a WHS is a mystery, and it remained that way after I had visited the place.

It’s not an unfriendly city though. It probably has more “normal” city life than the average Cuban town: a large shopping street, terraces on the main square. Lots of churches too. It is definitely pleasant to walk around for an hour or two, exploring the many little and larger squares. But that’s about it.

The nomination draws heavily on Camagüeys Andalucian touches, but you’ll need a lot of imagination to see this parallel. The large clay jars I only saw deliberately placed on the town’s tourist trail: in the former convent/museum and next to the main church.