The Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos is the best extant example of 19th-century urban planning principles in the Americas. The city was founded in 1819. Its homogenic architecture and streetplan was influenced by the Spanish Enlightenment and French colonists. The latter were invited here by request of the Spanish crown, which wanted to attract white settlers after the Haitian rebellion of 1791.The main public square Parque José Marti (former Square of Arms) contains a band shell, the Worke