town of El Cobre

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The town of El Cobre is a historic Cuban mining settlement best known as the site of the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity, Cuba’s most important Catholic shrine.

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Label Occurrences
town of El Cobre canonical 1

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Afro-Cuban devotion to Ochún (in syncretic practice) ⓘ
Cuban independence symbolism ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
governedBy Cuban local authorities ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance site of syncretism between Catholicism and Afro-Cuban religions ⓘ
symbol of Cuban national identity linked to Our Lady of Charity ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity artisanal religious goods ⓘ
hasHeritage Afro-Cuban religious traditions ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Spanish colonial era ⓘ
hasIndustry copper mining ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
hasMiningResource copper ⓘ
hasNationalPatroness Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
hasPlaceOfWorship Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasReligiousFeast feast of Our Lady of Charity on 8 September ⓘ
hasReligiousIcon image of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ⓘ
hasShrine National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ⓘ
hasTitle site of Cuba’s most important Catholic shrine ⓘ
knownFor Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ⓘ
historic copper mining ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Santiago de Cuba Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Cuba ⓘ
locatedNear Sierra Maestra mountains ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
partOf municipality of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor Catholics in Cuba ⓘ
Cuban diaspora ⓘ
religiousSignificance major Catholic pilgrimage site in Cuba ⓘ
roadAccessFrom Santiago de Cuba ⓘ

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Santiago de Cuba Province → contains → town of El Cobre ⓘ