John Lennon Park
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John Lennon Park or Parque Lennon is a public park, located in the Vedado district in Havana, Cuba.
On the bench of the park, there is a sculpture of the former Beatles member John Lennon, seated on the bench's left half. On the round at the foot of the bench is an inscription reading: "dirías que soy un soñador pero no soy el único" John Lennon, which is a Spanish translation of the English lyrics, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one" from the song "Imagine".
The sculpture of Lennon is not wearing his signature round-lens glasses. However, during the day, a man can be found sitting next to the bench and he will place glasses on the statue if you ask him.
The statue was unveiled on 8 December 2000, by President Fidel Castro. One year later, Cuban author Ernesto Juan Castellanos wrote a book about the statue, John Lennon en La Habana with a little help from my friends, and the ban that John Lennon and The Beatles suffered in Cuba during the '1960s and '1970s.
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 John Lennon bronze sculpture with his current removable glasses. |
 A plaque with inscription. |
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