Artificial Harbor, Middle IslandCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 12:44 PM•Views: 35No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Limestone cliff on the way to Brimstone Hill FortressCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 12:46 PM•Views: 36No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Limestone cliff on the way to Brimstone Hill FortressCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 12:46 PM•Views: 36No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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After a long switchback road, the entrance portal to Brimstone Hill FortressCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 12:55 PM•Views: 35No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Fort George Citadel, Brimstone Hill Fortress
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the island of St. Kitts in the Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean. It was designed by British military engineers and built and maintained by African slaves. It is one of the best preserved historical fortifications in the Americas. Cannon were first mounted on Brimstone Hill in 1690, when the British used them to recapture Fort Charles from the French. The French had not considered it possible to transport cannon up the steep and thickly wooded sides of Brimstone Hill. The construction of the fort then carried on intermittently for just over 100 years. In its heyday, the fort was known as 'The Gibraltar of the West Indies', in reference to its imposing height and seeming invulnerability.
Capture Date: Jan 4, 2014 12:57 PM•Views: 35
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View of Mt Limuiga from Brimstone Hill Fortress
Mount Liamuiga is a 3,792 feet stratovolcano which forms the western part of the island of Saint Kitts. The peak is the highest point on the island of Saint Kitts, in the federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and in the entire British Leeward Islands, as well as one of the tallest peaks in the eastern Caribbean archipelago. The peak is topped by a 0.6 miles wide summit crater, which contained a shallow crater lake until 1959. As of 2006, the crater lake had re-formed. The last verified eruptions from the volcano were about 1,800 years ago, while reports of possible eruptions in 1692 and 1843 are considered uncertain. Mount Liamuiga was formerly named Mount Misery. The renaming took place on the date of St. Kitts' independence, September 19, 1983. However, many older citizens still refer to it as Mount Misery. The name Liamuiga is derived from the Kalinago name for the entire island of St. Kitts, which means, "fertile land."
Capture Date: Jan 4, 2014 12:59 PM•Views: 35
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17th Century British Canon Brimstone Hill FortressCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:00 PM•Views: 35No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Citadel, bristling with cannon
In 1782, the French, under Admiral Comte François Joseph Paul de Grasse laid siege to the fort. During the siege, the adjacent island of Nevis surrendered, and guns from Fort Charles and other small forts there were brought to St. Kitts for use against Brimstone Hill. British Admiral Hood could not dislodge de Grasse, and after a month of siege, the heavily outnumbered and cut-off British garrison surrendered. However, a year later, the Treaty of Paris (1783) restored St. Kitts and Brimstone Hill to British rule, along with the adjacent island of Nevis. Following these events, the British carried out a program to augment and strengthen the fortifications, and Brimstone Hill never again fell to an enemy force. The French navy tried to recapture the fort in 1806 but failed.
Capture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:01 PM•Views: 36
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Prince of Wales Bastion
The first building to be completely restored, this area housed the Brigade Office, main guard barracks and a powder magazine.
Capture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:02 PM•Views: 35
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A broader perspective of the Prince of Wales Bastion
The fort was abandoned by the British in 1853, and the structures gradually decayed through vandalism and natural processes. Stabilization and restoration of the remaining structures started in the early 1900s. In 1973 HRH Prince Charles reopened the first area to be completely restored, the Prince of Wales Bastion. In 1985 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque naming Brimstone Hill as a National Park. Legislation in 1987 officially declared Brimstone Hill to be a National Park. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999.
Capture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:02 PM•Views: 36
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Top of Infantry Officers quartersCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:02 PM•Views: 36No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Ruins of Artillery Officers' Quarters with sweeping views of the seaCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:02 PM•Views: 35No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Ruins of Artillery Officers' QuartersCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:03 PM•Views: 35No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Main Ordnance Store (Cannonballs & Ammunition). Some of the walls are six feet thick.Capture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:03 PM•Views: 35No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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The Ordinance Store and Prince of Wales BastionCapture Date: Jan 4, 2014 01:03 PM•Views: 35No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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