The city of Santiago de Cuba was for a long time the capital of Cuba, its favourable location near the most convenient bay of the Caribbean Sea gave it advantages for the commercial development of the city. In the seventeenth century, it was decided to strengthen the city's borders and protect it from pirate attacks. This is how the famous Castillo del Morro fortress was built, which was later added to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List. The construction of the fortress lasted almost 63 years and it was so impregnable that the famous corsair Henry Morgan remarked: "One soldier and one dog would be enough to defend this fortress". Most likely, such a strong structure of Castillo del Moro and served that the fortress is perfectly preserved to our time. Five centuries later, the fortress radiates impregnable power: bridges, towers, walls, embrasures with cannons. This place is famous first of all because in the interior there is the only museum of the History of Piracy in the whole world. Already from the first minutes of the tour you get into the realm of corsairs. Pirate clothes, weapons, treasures of coastal waters, parts of fighting ships, paintings with images of sea wolves, colourful battles... The Museum of the History of Piracy is loved by both adults and children.
