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Centro Cultural y Museo Rigoberto López Pérez

Casa del Obrero

A beautifully restored colonial building honoring the poet Rigoberto López Pérez. In 1956, in this building, he assassinated the dictator Anastasio Somoza García (father of the other two dictators, Luis and Anastasio Somoza Debayle), after which he was killed in a hail of bullets. The building has some impressive art work including a mural by painter Ricardo Morales, as well as poems written on the walls.

Getting there: from Central Park NW, 1 block west and 1½ blocks north
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