The National Centre for Preservation, Restoration and Museology of the Ministry of Culture carry out an extensive restoration of the Parrish Church Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa, which keeps the only existing cross ―called Cruz de Parra― out of the 29 brought by Christopher Columbus to America.The restoration works are even more significant if we have into consideration that the first two marriages in the Island were celebrated in front of this Christian symbol.
Diego Velázquez, first Spanish Governor of Cuba, and Hernán Cortés, conqueror of Mexico, were who married for the first time in this church, which is almost 500 years old, reported the digital press in this mountainous territory.
Also in the region of Baracoa, specialists from the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, a World Natural Heritage site, the catchment areas with medicinal waters of the rivers Santa María and Nibujón are being recovered.
The work is fostered by the projects office of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, with the collaboration of the people of the area, who participate in the recovery of logged over or eroded fields.
In the same park, the Non-Governmental Organization Germany Agro-action and the Cuban associations Agricultural Technique and Animal Production promote the use of agricultural and cattle raising techniques in the communities that guarantee the economic means of support of the people without harming the natural surroundings .
With an investment higher than half a million dollars, including tools for farmers, the program works for the sustainability of one of the most important biological and heritage areas in the Caribbean.
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