Cruces
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Cruces is a town in Cienfuegos Province, Cuba. It is the home of the Mal Tiempo National Park which commemorates a battle in the 1895 War of Independence.
The municipality covers 123 km² and includes the communities of Estrada Palma, Mal Tiempo, Marta and Monte Cristo. There were 5 sugar mills in the vicinity of Cruces, by its traditional names: San Francisco, Andreita, Santa Catalina, Caracas y Hormiguero, providing great sources of employment to the population of about 30,000 in 1959. Education was provided by two Catholic Schools and several public schools for the Grammar Levels. One High School was home to roughly 800 students. Higher education was conducted in Cienfuegos or Santa Clara, distant 11 and 28 miles respectively. Cruces is the home town of the Baseball Hall of Famer Martin Dihigo.
The town was founded in 1852 in a place known as Sabana de Ibarra. The railway reaches the town in 1855.
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