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Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer from Genoa, Italy, whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. With his four voyages of exploration and several attempts at establishing a settlement on the island of Hispaniola, all funded by Isabella I of Castile, he initiated the process of Spanish colonization which foreshadowed general European colonization of the 'New World'.<br/><br/> Built on an easy-to-follow grid pattern, Cárdenas is centred on the Catedral de la Immaculada Concepion (c. 1850), a fine old church noted for its stained-glass windows and fronted by a statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by the Spanish artist José Piquer in 1862.
Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer from Genoa, Italy, whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. With his four voyages of exploration and several attempts at establishing a settlement on the island of Hispaniola, all funded by Isabella I of Castile, he initiated the process of Spanish colonization which foreshadowed general European colonization of the 'New World'.<br/><br/> Built on an easy-to-follow grid pattern, Cárdenas is centred on the Catedral de la Immaculada Concepion (c. 1850), a fine old church noted for its stained-glass windows and fronted by a statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by the Spanish artist José Piquer in 1862.
Built on an easy-to-follow grid pattern, Cárdenas is centred on the Catedral de la Immaculada Concepion (c. 1850), a fine old church noted for its stained-glass windows and fronted by a statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by the Spanish artist José Piquer in 1862.
Built on an easy-to-follow grid pattern, Cárdenas is centred on the Catedral de la Immaculada Concepion (c. 1850), a fine old church noted for its stained-glass windows and fronted by a statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by the Spanish artist José Piquer in 1862.
Cárdenas, built on an easy-to-follow grid pattern, is centred on the Catedral de la Immaculada Concepion (c. 1850), a fine old church noted for its stained-glass windows and fronted by a statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by the Spanish artist Piquier in 1862.<br/><br/> The town also has an unusual cast-iron market called Plaza Molocoff dating from 1859 with a 16m (52.5ft)-high dome.<br/><br/> Cárdenas is known for the rows of colonnaded, single storey private houses, mostly painted in pale, faded pastels, and the elaborate iron grilles guarding the windows. The whole town seems to run on horse or donkey power.