Ybor City
 

Ybor City is one of only three National Historic Landmark Districts located in the State of Florida.  Cobblestone streets and huge old cigar factory buildings make up this historic and legendary town.  Founded in 1886 by Vicente Martinez Ybor, Ybor City became "the cigar capital of the world" by 1900.  The factories were worked by mostly Cuban cigar makers, and to a lesser degree by Italians and Spaniards.  By the early 1950's the cigar factories were gone.

Ybor was revitalized in the late 1990's and now attracts large numbers of visitors due to the wide variety of shops, restaurants, clubs,  and galleries.

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