Type Natural Designated 1999 (23rd session) Established 1986 | Criteria vii, viii Reference no. 889 Area 261.8 km² | |
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Desembarco del Granma National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma) is a national park in south-eastern Cuba, in what is now Granma Province. The park is named after the yacht in which Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Raúl Castro, and 79 of their supporters sailed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 and incited the Cuban Revolution. it was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site because of its marine terraces and pristine sea cliffs.
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