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Brimstone

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:33 -0700

St. Kitts and Nevis

Brimstone Hill Fortress

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:02:18 -0700

St. Kitts and Nevis.
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. 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.

Need some fixing'...

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:18:19 -0700

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Grand Anse Beach, Grenada

Who wants to go fishing?

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:52:53 -0700

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Grand Anse Beach, Grenada

Take a picture, man!

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:51:01 -0700

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St. Kitts and Nevis, South Friar's Bay

San Felippe del Morro

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:46:55 -0700

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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Streets of Old San Juan - 1

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:27:42 -0700

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Puerto Rico

San Juan Vignettes - 6

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:27:17 -0700

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Puerto Rico

Garitas (Sentry Boxes)

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:26:48 -0700

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Puerto Rico

San Juan Vignettes - 9

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:26:32 -0700

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Puerto Rico

San Juan Vignettes - 4

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:27:28 -0700

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Puerto Rico

San Juan Vignettes - 8

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:26:54 -0700

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Puerto Rico

San Juan Vignettes - 7

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:27:00 -0700

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Puerto Rico

San Juan Vignettes - 10

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:26:15 -0700

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Puerto Rico

San Juan Vignettes - 2

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:27:56 -0700

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Puerto Rico

Cats of San Juan

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:26:20 -0700

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Old san Juan, Puerto Rico

Castillo de San Cristobal

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:26:11 -0700

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Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

La Rogativa

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:25:20 -0700

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La Rogativa stands at the end of Caleta de las Monjas, right on the edge of the city wall, just inside the San Juan Gate entrance. It is a modern style bronze sculpture made by Lindsay Daen in 1971. It depicts the 1797 procession of the Bishop and religious women which is said to have scared off an invading British fleet. Allegedly, the British assumed the procession was actually military reinforcements.

Rooftops of Old San Juan

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:26:37 -0700

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Puerto Rico

Cathedral of San Juan Bautista

nobody@flickr.com (vadim.klochko) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:25:01 -0700

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The cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in San Juan, and is the second oldest cathedral in the Americas. Construction of Cathedral San Juan began in 1521. The cathedral contains the tomb of the Spanish explorer and settlement founder Juan Ponce de León. It also has the relics of Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago, the first Puerto Rican, the first Caribbean-born layperson and the first layperson in the history of the United States to be beatified.