Cuba ~ “Town Of Caney ~ Santiago de Cuba” Antique Postcard Circa 1908

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Cuba ~ “Town Of Caney ~ Santiago de Cuba” Antique Postcard Circa 1902.
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El Caney (also Caney) is a small village six kilometers (four miles) to the northeast of Santiago, Cuba. "Caney" means longhouse in Taíno.
It was known in centuries past as the site where Hernán Cortés received a vision supposedly ordering him to Christianize Mexico. The settlement was host to the Battle of El Caney on 1 July 1898.
El Caney
Village
Spanish earthworks and trenches at El Caney, 1899
Spanish earthworks and trenches at El Caney, 1899
El Caney is located in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Location of El Caney in Cuba