At the end of the Prado next to the Malecon in Havana Centro is the Parque Martires del 71 with a huge statue of Máximo Gómez on a horse. When José Martí began the War of Independence, he asked Gómez to lead his revolutionaries. Using small guerilla forces, Gómez would go from town to town, burning the Spanish plantations and eliminating their troops. Behind the statue is the Museo de la Revolución.