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“... used to be called
“ the Holy Name Savannah,” is the handsome war
memorial to men from Trinidad and Tobago who fell
in 1914-1918. A shaft of Portland stone rising from the
4 centre of a flight of steps is surmounted by a winged
figure of Victory, executed in bronze. At the base of
the shaft is a soldier in service uniform protecting a
wounded comrade. On either side prows of ships jut
out, with figures emblematic of Fame and Immortality
on them. At the rear of the base is a group of trophies
massed together and surmounted by the arms of the
colony and the Royal Crown. The names of those who
died are inscribed on bronze plaques. This striking
memorial, which was designed by Mr. L. F. Roslyn,
was unveiled by His Excellency the Governor with full
military ceremonial on June 24th, 1924.
Opposite the Memorial stands the Royal Victoria
Institute, which was destroyed by fire in 1920 and rebuilt
in 1922. Originally erected to commemorate Queen
Victoria’s Jubilee, the Institute...”
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“... weight in gold, but to no avail. The eight boysi
were then made to kneel before the part of the waU where the<
memorial tablet now is and were brutally murdered—for itl
was nothing else—by the Spanish Volunteers. When the news*
of this massacre reached Spain, the Cortes ordered an investiga-*
tion to be made, and after the inquiry the students were pro-*
nounced to be guiltless, those sentenced to transportation being! I
" pardoned.” Many years afterwards, a son of Castafion visitedi I
the cemetery, and after examining the tomb in the presence ot I
a Notary-Public, made a declaration that it had never beem
disturbed.
The monument, which was erected by public subscrip-)
tion and executed by the Cuban sculptor, Saavedra^ I
consists of an elaborately carved pedestal supporting a I
draped shaft. At the base are two figures symbolical I
of Justice, with scales ill-balanced and broken swordj I
and History, upon whose scroll is inscribed the worde I...”
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“... being importuned by small boys eager
to act as his guide, the visitor is recommended to proceed
immediately to Hotel Americano, where he can obtain
advice as to how best to fill in the time at his disposal.
A feature of interest is the quaint memorial of the
centenary of the liberation of the country, which consists
of a tall shaft at the base of which are numerous cannons
peeping .from circular orifices in the concrete base.
The Cable Office is in the Plaza Cristobal Colon. The
Market in the Paseo de la Independenza is open from
4 a.m. to 5 p.M. Among the churches which can be
visited are the Cathedral and San Pedro Claver. Both
are in a sad state of disrepair ; but it is possible to gauge
from the fabric how handsome these churches must have
been.
The House of Inquisition near the principal square is
now the residence of a merchant who courteously permits
visitors to inspect it. Cartagéna was one of the head-
quarters of the Inquisition in the New World, the others...”
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