SANTA CLARA – Intense activity has been underway at the Ernesto Che Guevara Sculpture Complex to prepare the site for the burial ceremony for the remains of the Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, which will take place this Thursday morning.
Companies and organizations in the region carried out cleaning activities, improvements to the landscaping and lighting, as well as painting and restoration of some floors and roofs that were in poor condition, according to Reday René Armas Álvarez, director of the institution.
Special emphasis was placed on the comprehensive rehabilitation of the Mausoleum to the Combatants of the Las Villas Front, the final resting place of Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, along with other combatants from Column No. 8 Ciro Redondo, the Revolutionary Directorate 13 de Marzo, and the Popular Socialist Party who fell during the struggle or died after the triumph of the Revolution.
There, work was done on cleaning and polishing the marble and granite of each of the 220 ossuaries at the site, as well as replacing some of the landscaping, and painting and landscaping the trusses that provide access to the area, Armas Álvarez explained.
Alongside these tasks, work was also carried out on waterproofing the museum, improving its roof and lighting, and the access doors to the area where hundreds of extraordinarily valuable objects related to Che Guevara and his comrades in arms are exhibited.
Likewise, the vegetation in the memorial where the remains of the Heroic Guerrilla and the combatants of the Reinforcement Detachment rest was replaced. This vegetation was designed to recreate the Bolivian jungle, noted the director of the Complex, who added that all the wooden paneling in the Multipurpose Room was also replaced with aluminum and glass.
Important work has been done in the protocol area, which now looks brand new after the complete renovation of the plumbing, furniture, and the rest of the space.
