The Jimaguayú pastures Historic Site (declared a National Monument on December 25th, 1979), is the place where Major General Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz falls fighting against the Spanish colonialists, considered the most relevant figure of Camagüey due to his exceptional conditions as a political leader and a Military Chief.

In this place, there is an obelisk, a monument erected in 1928 by the Secretary of the Veterans of the Ten Years War, as a way to perpetuate the fall in combat of El Mayor. It was built with Italian Carrara marble, having at its upper end a cup covered with a mourning blanket. It is located in a square from north to south horizontally, which was the same position as El Mayor camp in 1873. There is also a monument that marks the fall of Lieutenant Jacobo Díaz de Villegas, on May 11th, 1873; Jacobo was part of the Agramonte escort.

On the site is also located the monument that commemorates the celebration of the Constituent Assembly of Jimaguayú, held in this place in September 1895. It is located in the trunk of a mahogany, formed by a wheel with 6 pieces and artistic patterns that represent the flora of Camagüey. All of the above is complemented by a sculptural ensemble, composed of three pieces made of metal, concrete and ferroconcrete where the main weapon of the people of Camagüey appears symbolized: the Cavalry. The pieces are located from south to north from highest to lowest, accompanied by undergrowth and guinea, characteristic attributes of the landscape of that time; its location maintains the same position and the route that El Mayor followed that morning.

Currently the Jimaguayú pastures, serves as an ideal setting for the celebration of political, solemn and commemorative activities or events in which children, students, workers and the people in general participate. In its surroundings a place was built that shelters the model of the combat where, that day in 1873, the most outstanding figure of Camagüey fell in combat.

Translated by: Aileen Álvarez García