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HBARBADOSBARBADOS
WorldHeritage
TravelersInsights...World Heritage Barbados Volume 1, Issue1
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Table o Contents
Historic Bridgetown 1-2
Unique Architecture 3-6
African & British Heritage 7-8
Cultural Heritage 9-10Landmarks 13-14
Disctinctively Charming 15-20
Back page - Contacts
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Fountain in Former Trafalgar Square, now Heroes Square
In the centre of Bridgetown,Barbados, close to the historic
bridge built originally by theAmerindians, stands
a statue of Lord Nelson.It predates the statue of the man in
Trafalgar Square in London. TheBritish elite living in Barbados at thetime of Nelsons defeat of the French
claimed that Nelson had preservedthe West Indies from being captured
by the French and erected the statuein his honour. The statue stands as a
testimony to British ceremony, to itsarchitecture, and its old world heritage.
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Bridgetown,
Barbados
The Careenage
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BHistoric Bridgetown & its Garrison
a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Public Library
War Memorial, Heroes SquarePAGE TWO
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Admiral NelsonThe Barbados
statue predatesthe statue of Lord
Horatio Nelson inLondon, Britain byapproximately
thirty years.
Garrison
Historic Area
HHistoric Bridgetown and itsGarrison in Barbados is designated as
a UNESCO World Heritage Site as;an outstanding example of British
colonial architecture consisting of awell-preserved old town built in the17th, 18th and 19th centuries
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ArchitectureA unique Architecture...
Clock tower
Bridgetown
Victorian house in Belleville, outskirts of BridgetownParliament
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The Nelson Statueis an interestingrecognition and one that sits uneasily
with some Barbadians, rememberingthat it was the African slaves and theirdescendants who built the wealth of
the British plantation class, and thatNelson was a hard supporter of the
dreadful trade in slavery. The squarewhere Nelson stands, once named
Trafalgar Square, was renamedHeroes Square to commemorate thehuman heritage of the island and
celebrate its African past as muchas its British roots. The UNESCO
recognition of Historic Bridgetown and its
Garrison also includes a nearby militarygarrison which consists of numeroushistoric buildings. Its serpentine urbanlay-out, testies to a different approach to
colonial town planning compared to theSpanish and Dutch colonial cities of the
region which were built along a grid plan.
HA unique ArchitectureBridgetowns architecture, says the
UNESCO announcement, consists of awell-preserved old town built in the 17th,
18th and 19th centuries, which testiesto the spread of Great Britains Atlantic
colonial empire.
St. Nicholas Abbey - Jacobean architecture Barbados Museum
Queens Park Theatre
Bas relief of Queen Victoria on Queens
Park Gallery Facade
Barracks of the Defence Force
Gazebo at Queens Park
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ArchitectureA unique Architecture
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Mutual
Building,
Bridgetown
Barracks of the Barbados Defence
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Queens Park
Pavilion Court
Needhams Point
The Old Spirit Bond
Barracks of the Defence Force
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www.Barbados.org
HBridgetown participatednot only in the international
trade of goods and enslaved
persons but also in thetransmission of ideas and
cultures that characterized
the developing colonial
enterprise in theAtlantic World.... UNESCO
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HeritageAfrican & British Heritage
Barbados indeed has arich African and British
heritage. Yet, we must notforget there are memoriesand traces of an even longer
past with relics of the Cariband Amerindian settlements
throughout the land. Much ispreserved in museums by the
Garrison Savannah. Someof the old buildings in thearea date back 300 years.
Barbados also has two of
the only three survivingJacobean homes. It is
replete with originalGeorgian and Pavilionarchitecture and stately
plantations. It has one ofthe oldest synagogues in
the western hemisphere.
The history of thesynagogue started with theDutch Jewish refugees
eeing Brazil during theinquisition. Some stopped
in Barbados en route toHolland. They arrived just
a year after the Englishsettlement of Barbados
in 1627.
Remains of a slave hut
Transporting sugar products in spiders
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HPlying their wares on the waterfront
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HBy the 17th century,the fortied port townwas able to establishits importance in the
British Atlantic tradeand became an entreptfor goods, especially sugar,and enslaved persons
destined for Barbadosand the rest of
the Americas.... UNESCO
Bridgetown: Centerof Atlantic Trade in
17th century
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HeritageCultural Heritage
Public worship for Jewishpeople living in Barbados
came in 1654, three years
before England allowed it.In many respects Barbadoswas ahead of the UK open
mindedness.
Bridgetownillustrates the
interchange of
several occupational,
religious, ethnic,
free and enslaved
groups; a meeting
of cultures, which
created a hybridized
Creole culture in
the Anglophone
Caribbean
Jewish synagogue - oldest in the Western hemisphere
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HA MixedCultural HeritageBreeds Exceptional
People
The Dutch Jewish refugees
brought with them skills andknowledge of cane and
sugar production. Soon,Barbados thrived on thetrade of sugar and rum,
owing much to the Dutchengineers and the African
workers.
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HeritageLandmarks
The Barbados Museum
The Museum is housed
in the former British MilitaryPrison, which was built in
1817.
Mutual Building
This building dates
from 1895. Features
include classicVictorianarchitecture, largedomes and an
impressive ornatecast iron veranda.
Landmarks include:
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George WashingtonHouse
An excellent example of
Georgian architecture.George Washington
stayed here in 1751; ...Barbados was the only
place he visited outsideof America.
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St. Anns Fort
The Main Guard, Garrison
Military Cemetary
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http://bit.ly/bridgetownmap
HHistoric Bridgetown and its Garrison areastretch from the old town hall in the North West
to St. Anns Fort in the South.
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With a lineage of wiseleadership and an educated,
articulate workforce,Barbados has not lost its
natural touch and you willnd the people happy, friendly
and charming.
On one hand the island is
elegant and sophisticatedwith some of the best
restaurants and some ofthe most distinctive hotels
in the world.
On the other hand it is
accessible with affordableguest houses and B&Bs,
and charming people.Barbados is distinctively
charming, colourfuland fun.
fromluxury to
local charm
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HThe RealHeritage of
Barbados
is its
People
DistinctivelyCharming
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Swim with theBarbados
We dont know
if this photo is
technically
correct. It seems
to show two
turtles kissing.
Can that be true?
Kissing Turtles
The turtles are having a ball and seemto love all the attention and the frolicwith swimmers on this catamaran sail
and party cruise.
So here are the facts that we know
on turtles romance. Female turtlesmate every two to four years. Males
can mate every year. So you haveto wait up to 4 years for a mate as a
female, but we suppose kissing canbe anytime!
The Lost YearsAfter hatching and instinctively
crawling into the sea, the juvenile
turtles spend up to ve years in the
open ocean. They are rarely seen asthey live for several years in the deep,pelagic waters. Imagine these tiny
little creatures fending all for them-selves in the ocean way off the shore.
How brave they must be. They getcarried on tides and often end up in
the gulf stream, hitching a ride on theoating nursery of the Sargasso
sea. A cycle of oating Sargassumseaweed that circulates clockwisearound the north atlantic, providing a
refuge for small turtles. At this stagethe turtles are carnivorous, feeeding
on the bite-sized, oating prey.Scientist refer to this stage as the
The Lost Years as little is known.
Young Turtles take from twenty to ftyyears to reach sexual maturity and
can live up to eighty years in the wild.Only 1% of hatchlings reach maturity.
Mature Adult Turtles 25 Years & OverMature turtles spend most of theirtime in shallow, coastal waters with
lush sea grass beds. Adults frequentinshore bays, lagoons and shoals with
lush seagrass meadows. Entire gen-erations often migrate between one
pair of feeding and nesting areas.
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Amongst his many talents, David is an
artisan who you will see at Accra beach.He sells beaded bracelets and costume
jewelry which he and local artisans
make. He is married to Darla Trotman, anextraordinary artist, who paints with such
realism that you have to study to seethat it is not a picture. But when you look
closely you will see her distinctive touch.
I did not know all this when I
approached David at Accra andasked if I could video him for our
website. Within a few moments itwas clear that I was talking to a
different sort of beach vendor. Hewas reading Og, How to be a bettersalesman. I had recently read a book
by Og, about an angel, and liked it. Wetalked of the philosophy behind his
writing. You know, sometimes we justdont know how good things are, we
just keep going, then one day you lookaround and are amazed by how much
you have. David said. I thought he wastalking of his table of beads and the mag-nicent beach. In fact he was, but al
so of his restaurant and guest houseand so much else. So why do you do
this I asked? I like it, he told me, I likebeing with people, I love this beach and
I meet all sort of good people here.David watched a young girl walk past and
caught her eye. Hey, he says, dontrush off Miss, come here, this man got a
movie camera. Come, come, I will makeyou a movie star. Before I could say
camera action, he had us organised, thegirl slightly bewildered and unsure whileI videotaped. Davids light touch put her
at ease and soon she was laughing with
him. No way, she says, You cantbuild a star without props. You need
action. Where are the coconut and thediamonds? Done says David,
I see you are already got theattitude of a star. OK madam.
Coconut man come cut a coconutfor the star. Here let me put the royalbeads pun you. Yes thats better,
Perhaps we should dance. Bring onthe band,
hear that music, you like it?, Shesmiled at his sense of fun, for there
was no music and the coconut manwas a long way off, but the beads hegave her were real. Yes that smile
is going to knock them dead, yes,already a star, with attitude. We
laughed easily at his charm. Verygood, he says, rehearsals tomorrow.
Then the Oscar.
David is the star. I no longermarvel at his success. I will look atevery beach vendor and wonder at
the entrepreneurial spirit behind thatsimple act. And wonder too how
un-simple it is for people of littlemeans to make a living this way, it
takes talent, drive and characterto do this work well.
Ian R Clayton
DistinctivelyCharming
BeachCulture....
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PHOTOGRAPHYKristine Dear 2012
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AUTHOR
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