Parque Lenin

Parque Lenin
Leninmonument in the park
Location	Havana,Cuba
Coordinates	23°01′25″N82°21′25″W

Parque Lenin(English: Lenin Park) is a recreational park complex situated south ofHavana,Cuba.

Overview

There is a monument toLeninbySoviet realistsculptorLev Kerbeland a plaque that says (inFidel Castro's own words) "Lenin fue desde el primer instante, no solo un teórico de la política, sino un hombre de acción, un hombre de practica revolucionaria constante e incesante" (which translates "Lenin was from the first moment, not only a political theorist, but a man of action, a man of constant and incessant revolutionary practice" ).

Prior to the Cuban revolution, the land on which Parque Lenin was built belonged to the Bregolat family, owners of the Industrial Alfarera Cubana. The former brick factory still stands today.