Saint Kitts and Nevis

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

Parc national de la forteresse de Brimstone Hill

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Country
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Inscribed
1999
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Area
15 ha
About

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is an outstanding, well-preserved example of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture in a Caribbean context. Designed by the British and built by African slave labour, the fortress is testimony to European colonial expansion, the African slave trade and the emergence of new societies in the Caribbean.

Outstanding Universal Value

Criterion (iii): Brimstone Hill is an outstanding British fortress, built by slave labour to exact standards during a peak period of European colonial expansion in the Caribbean. Criterion (iv): Because of its strategic layout and construction, Brimstone Hill Fortress is an exceptional and well preserved example of 17th and 18th century British military architecture.

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