COLON CEMETERY. 
1 he Cristobal Colon Cemetery, one of the notable public institutions 
of Havana, is situated upon an eminence west of the city, commanding 
an outlook over the sea. It is reached by a drive through the Paseo de 
Tacon and past Principe Hill (hack fare $1.50, round trip $2.50), or by 
the Universidad-Aduana line of street cars (fare 5 cents), which run to 
the entrance, and make the trip in twenty minutes from the Prado. The 
grounds are open through the day. 
At the entrance is a monumental arch of granite pierced by three open¬ 
ings. Above the central arch is a sculptured panel by Saavedra repre¬ 
senting the scene of the Crucifixion; and surmounting the whole is a 
group of heroic figures, representing Columbus bringing the light of 
religion to the New World. The cemetery has many hand¬ 
some monuments; richly chiseled marbles and tombs decorated 
with porcelain flowers line the avenues. Just within the entrance, 
on the left of the central avenue, 
is the tomb of Major-General 
Calixto Garcia Yneguez, the 
Cuban leader who died in Wash¬ 
ington in 1899. 
was provided 
Calixto Garcia, 
scription; it is 
great masses of 
The memorial 
by the Club 
by public sub¬ 
decorated with 
floral wreaths 
STUDENTS MONUMENT. 
and banks of flowers in porce¬ 
lain, and bears the sentiment 
Morir por la patria es vivir —“To 
die for country is to live.” 
A short distance within the 
cemetery, on the left as we enter, 
is the Students’ Monument, 
erected by popular subscription 
in memory of the students of 
the University of Havana, who 
in the year 1871 were sacrificed 
to the vindictiveness of the 
Spanish Volunteers, and of 
whom the story has been told 
on another page. The monu¬ 
ment consists of an elaborately 
carved pedestal, supporting a shaft 
which is draped with mantle and 
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