This city, known as the Pearl of the South, is located 245 km from the country’s capital City of Havana and 658 from Santiago de Cuba, the second most important city in Cuba, and has the second most important port in the country.
In 2017, the population of the municipality had 177,113 inhabitants. In July 2005, the historic urban center was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

In Cienfuegos there is also a wide artistic movement, where many galleries stand out. One of them is the “Marilyn Monroe Workshop Studio”, located in Prado. The space displays the
work of very talented young visual artists. The objective of these boys is to try to rescue the academy from its peculiarities. The streets of Cienfuegos were originally laid out in squares. The eclectic architecture of the city preserves abundant neoclassical decoration. It is one of the cities with the best layout in Cuba, with wide and straight streets, promenades and parks (the most important is the “José Martí”), modern and old buildings that fully respond to the exterior complex that surrounds it.