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Dec 2, 2010 · Located on the Island of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) the country’s largest island, the fortress was built to African slave labour to the exacting standards of the British military to protect the coastline from a sea attack and to provide a safe refuge for the island’s citizens.
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Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of historical, cultural and architectural significance: a monument to the ingenuity of the British military engineers who designed it and to the skill, strength and endurance of the African slaves who built and maintained it.
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a well-preserved fortress on a hill on the island of St. Kitts in the Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean.
To visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site and National Park implies a scenic—and quite winding—drive from the coast, up the hill and through rainforest. Fortifying walls and narrow arched entryways mark your approach.
Brimstone Hill National Park is one of the country’s most significant historic sites. Construction of the UNESCO World Heritage Site by enslaved Africans lasted for over 100 years, and the formidable fortress was known as the Gibraltar of the Caribbean.
It is located on the island of St. Kitts, making use of the natural setting of a steep double-peaked hill close to the sea. The fort was abandoned and mostly disbanded in 1853. Community Perspective: interesting history, but mostly the panoramic views from the fortress are praised.
Jul 21, 2020 · The UNESCO World Heritage Site in the island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, is built in the seventeenth century and inscribed as World Heritage in 1999 as an ‘outstanding British fortress, built by slave labour to exact standards during a peak period of European colonial expansion in the Caribbean ...
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