Piracy
Museum
During the 16th century and by many more years, the Caribbean
was the home of a great amount of pirates. Many enemy
countries of Spain -specially England and France-, persecuted
the gains done by Spain in their American colonies and
authorized their sailors to attack the boats under that
flag to seize their booties.
The Piracy Museum is in the Santiago of Cuba Castillo
del Morro, one of the many places constructed to defend
of the pirates attacks. The museum shows how Santiago
was attacked for more than 24 years, being one of the
most famous the commanded by Jacques de Sores, whom kidnapped
the most important personalities of the city and requested
an 80,000 gold pieces ransom.
Castillo del Morro,
Santiago de Cuba
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