the glorieta gazebo in the center of the park, erected in 1911, still serves for weekly public concerts by the city's philharmonic band. north of the glorieta is a bust of leoncio vidal, the war of independence colonel who died on that spot fighting spanish forces, and for whom the park is named. next to this bust is an obelisk, the first monument erected in the park, dedicated to the priest who migrated from the coastal town of remedios with other families and founded the city. between these monuments is a statue of “el niño de la bota” (the boy with the leaking boot), one of the symbols of the city. this bronze statue depicts a boy with a leaking boot in his hand. the original base was changed to a more contemporary red granite in the 1960s, and remained that way until the 1990s when, in an effort to recover the original design, the city restored it to its original form; however, the use of cheap materials has corroded the base. south of that statue is another, a 1924 bronze statue of marta abreu, a local patron much loved by the people of santa clara. the base of her statue is said to be a time capsule, containing papers, magazines and objects collected during the construction and placed inside for future generations to find.