The streets of Camagüey are very confusing. And each one wriggles like a snake. There is not a single straight line. This ancient city is like a labyrinth. If you ask any local residents what explains this, they will tell you the following:
— When Camagüey was founded, its founders, and they were all cattle breeders, drove a herd of bulls here. They began to argue about the layout of the future city. At this time it was raining, the whole earth was wet and turned into mud. And so one person suggested gathering all the bulls in one place and shooting them into the air several times. The animals will get scared and run away, leaving footprints on the wet ground. They will show the direction of future streets. And so they did. Several shots were fired, the bulls scattered and marked the location of the streets of Camagüey with their hooves. That's why they are so mixed up.
And if you ask a Camagüeyan why Salsipuedes street is only one and a half blocks long and ends in a dead end, abutting the wall of a house, he will answer:
- Yes, because this bull had a bad heart: he ran quite a bit, fell and immediately died of fear.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru