Citadelle Laferrière

Citadelle Laferrière
St Raphael, Haiti (HT)
The Citadelle Laferrière is a large mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti. It is the largest fortress in the Americas and was designated by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1982. The Citadel was built by Henri Christophe, a key leader during the Haitian slave rebellion, after Haiti gained independence from France at the beginning of the 19th century.
The Citadelle Laferrière is a large mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti. It is the largest fortress in the Americas and was designated by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1982. The Citadel was built by Henri Christophe, a key leader during the Haitian slave rebellion, after Haiti gained independence from France at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Links: en.wikipedia.org, whc.unesco.org
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