Impossible to speak of Santiago de Cuba without referring to El Caney, with lands caring for very sweet fruits, which have even inspired composers like compatriot Felix B. Caignet a son popularized in the world.
In many classrooms they were heard the Trio Matamoros, Ñico Saquito, Francisco Repilado (Compay Segundo) and other singers with lyrics: : ¡Frutas!/ ¿Quién quiere comprarme frutas?/ ¡Mangos!/ De mamey y bizcochuelo/ ¡Piñas!/ Piñas dulces como azúcar/ cosechadas en las lomas de El Caney./
( Fruits / Who wants to buy fruits / Mangoes / mamey / Pineapples a /Pineapples?! sweet as sugar / harvested in the hills of El Caney. /=
Emerged in 1629 under the name of Community India Caney or San Luis de Los Caneyes, the eastern homeland hosted in their fields the header bourgeois families in houses villas or country homes that are now part of Cuban architectural heritage.
It has excellent natural viewpoints on sites like The Escandel and El Viso, the latter considered a historical monument which was a military fort in colonial times.
True to its cultural traditions as the preacher and fruit festival, El Caney treasures one of the most important collections of ferns of the continent, second only to the New York Botanical Garden.
This terroir has indeed many historical, cultural, environmental and landscape values but undoubtedly identify it as is more tasty fruits.
So ratify the letters of Felix B. Caignet when they are told the proclamation that are saturated with honey.