Estadio Guillermón Moncada is a multi-use stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city of Cuba and capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island, some south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana....

, Cuba

Cuba

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. It is the second most important baseball

Baseball

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 stadium of the country, with a capacity for 25 000 spectators comfortably seated. The stadium was inaugurated the February 24 of 1964. It's a project of the Architect Emilio Castro.

The stadium is named after Cuban patriot Guillermón Moncada, the "Ebony Giant", one of the 29 Generals of the Wars of Independence, born in Santiago of Cuba and participates in the three wars against Spain

Spain

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. He dies in 1896 of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

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 in this city.

In its environs there are also a softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

 stadium, an athletics

Athletics (track and field)

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 track and a soccer field and a gym

Gym

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 for weights

Weight training

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 and judo

Judo

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This stadium is the field of the Santiago de Cuba baseball team.