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	Even though most of this city was deliberately torched in 1869 as an act of civil disobedience, it still makes a wonderful stop on a route taking in Cuba's principal colonial cities</p>
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	Stay at the new refurbished boutique&nbsp;Hotel Royalton, which sits right on the central&nbsp;Parque Céspedes&nbsp;</p>
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	You'll also want to visit the&nbsp;Casa Natal de Céspedes, the birthplace of the "father of the Cuban nation," and the only house on the square that escaped destruction from the fire&nbsp;</p>