Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison World Heritage Site

Official name

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison | UNESCO

Country

Barbados | Map

Continent

North America

Location

13.9660° Lat, -59.6138° Lon | Map

Code

1376

Time Zone

America/Barbados (AST, -0400)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2011. Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also includes a nearby military garrison which consists of numerous historic buildings. With its serpentine urban lay-out the property testifies to a different approach to colonial town-planning compared to the Spanish and Dutch colonial cities of the region which were built along a grid plan.