Revolution Square

This guide to Revolution Square in Havana starts with the old claim that a million Cubans once stood here for a Fidel Castro speech, and the gap between that legend and what the plaza itself can actually hold. It follows the decades of May Day rallies and anniversary speeches held here, the nearly fifteen-ton steel outline of Che Guevara welded onto the ministry facade in 1993, and the marble tower built even before the revolution it now honors. You'll also hear about the eighteen-meter Jose Marti carved at its foot, and why public objection kept him from standing where he was first meant to go.