The House of Pedro El Cojo

It is said that the first person who visited the area before the arrival of Columbus in 1492 was the Indian boy named Baconao who was skillful in fishing, swimming and played batos, a game similar to baseball.

Pedro Espinosa García was born in the same place several centuries after Baconao, who had given his name to the park, but was unfortunate to be diagnosed with poliomyelitis at the age of 10. He survived but his left leg was badly damaged and left him crippled. As it commonly occurs in Cuba, he was called Pedro "El Cojo" or Pedro "the Lame."

With such a name and being physically disabled, he did not initially have big aspirations in life and so he started to produce charcoal in rudimentary ovens. He spent his leisure time fishing and playing a Cuban instrument called a tres, a guitar with three strings