The Sierra de Las Damas Conservation Base Business Unit, belonging to the Flora and Fauna Sancti Spíritus Company, is in charge of preserving this place that combines landscaping with other attractions.

This mountain range is the place where Major General Serafín Sánchez Valdivia, Hero of the Three Wars of Independence against Spanish colonialism, fell in combat on November 18, 1896.

The Manuel Romero Falcó Archeology Office, of the Office of the Conservator of the City of Sancti Spíritus, continues the excavations in that environment, adding new collections to the patrimonial fund.

According to data consulted, the aforementioned Cabinet developed the project Combat of Paso de Las Damas. Archaeological study of the battlefield, and since May 2021 investigations have been carried out there.

Anait Gómez, director of the Provincial Center for Cultural Heritage, assured Prensa Latina that the aforementioned area represents the province among the country’s proposals for the National Prize of Conservation and Restoration of Monuments, in the first section.

City Historian María Antonieta Jiménez indicates in one of her texts that the Sierra de las Damas natural site has a territorial extension of 120 hectares.

“Its geological, geomorphological, carsological and speleological formations are unique in the territory, since they have varied terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems”, the expert points out.

“The 25 caves discovered so far have special significance and where strict endemics live”, she points out.

The Prize for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments, sponsored by the National Council of Cultural Heritage, encourages those who are in charge of the protection and rescue of monumental works and the building, historical and natural heritage of Cuba.

The awards will be delivered on April 18, the date on which the International Day of Monuments and Sites is celebrated each year, while national media announced the nominees in both categories.

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