Ybor City in Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Orestes Ferrara
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, July 28, 2022
1. Orestes Ferrara Marker
After it was moved and restored.
The young Italian joined a Tampa expedition to Cuba and became a celebrated guerrilla under Gen. Maximo Gomez. With the birth of the Cuban Republic, Ferrara rose to high office as lawyer, author, President of the Cuban Senate, Secretary of State and Cuban Ambassador to the United States.
Erected 1962 by Tampa Soap Corporation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Hispanic Americans • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Spanish-American. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.
Location. 27° 57.613′ N, 82° 26.42′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It is in Ybor City. It is on E. 7th Avenue near 17th Street, on the right when traveling east. Located in Ybor City Historic District of Tampa. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1701 E 7th Avenue, Tampa FL 33605, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: LUnione Italiana (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); B.F. Marcos Building
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Also see . . . Who Was Orestes Ferrara?. The young Italian fought like a lion, or better, like a Cuban, a Cuban "Mambi," to expel the Spanish Colony from the Caribbean island and became a Colonel in the "Cuban Independence War" better known as the "Spanish American War." (Submitted on July 7, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, July 28, 2022
2. Orestes Ferrara Marker
After it was moved and restored.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, June 2008
3. Orestes Ferrara Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
4. Orestes Ferrara Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
5. Orestes Ferrara Marker
At the E.7th Ave and 17th St. corner
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,795 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 31, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 7, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.
