La Quinta de los molinos is a botanical gaden and a national monument located in the general vicinity of the Paseo de Tacón. Important for having been the residence of the Captaincy General of Cuba during the colonial period. It was also the residence of Cuba's first president Máximo Gómez, (November 18, 1836 – June 17, 1905) who was a Major General in Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868–1878) against Spain. He was also Cuba's military commander in that country's War of Independence (1895–1898). There is also the Botanical Garden of Havana and the Máximo Gómez Museum.