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Waterford's Medieval Museum

Waterford's Medieval Museum is a tribute to life in the city during that period. Why not come and experience the wonder of our medieval city. A team actors playing different characters will bring to life Waterford’s fascinating history in these ...

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Bishop’s Palace Museum

Waterford city boasts the finest collection of 18th Century architecture of any city in Ireland outside of Dublin. Its great legacy from this era includes elegant architecture, silverware and of course, fine glassmaking. This period of elegance began in Waterford ...

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Reginald's Tower

Reginald’s Tower is a circular defense tower, set in Waterford City’s historic Viking Triangle. It was built at the beginning of the 13th century. At various stages in its rich history, Reginald’s Tower has been used as a mint, prison ...

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Slob Historic District

The Slob Historic District began as a large sugar plantation in the mid-18th century. Owned by the Bodkin family until 1784, the estate boasted a factory building, a water mill tower, a "great house" constructed c.1750 and a slave village. ...

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Friedensfeld Midlands and Moravian Church and Manse

Friedensfeld (Field of Peace) was the third Moravian mission on St.Croix. In 1807, the Brethren acquired six acres from Estate Mon Bijou. Although a foundation stone was laid in 1807, construction was delayed due to the disruptions caused by the ...

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Columbus Landing Site

This Salt River Bay site is the only known place where members of Columbus's expedition set foot on what is now U.S. territory, and was the site of the first armed clash between Europeans and American natives. On November 14, ...

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Friedensthal Mission

The Moravians arrived in St. Croix in 1734, and by the 1800s they had established two flourishing missions, one of which was Friedensthal (Valley of Peace) Mission. This mission served as an important center in Governor General Peter Von Scholten's ...

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Christiansted National Historic Site

Founded on the site of an earlier French settlement, Christiansted was laid out in a grid pattern with two market places. Market Square is located between Company and King Streets in the west end of town and Sunday Market is ...

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Cinnamon Bay Plantation

Established by the Danes in 1717, Cinnamon Bay Plantation is one of the earliest sugar plantation settlements on St. John. In 1733 the owner of the plantation, Daniel Jensen, played a pivotal role in the slave rebellion which swept the ...

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Hermitage Plantation Historic District

Although established after 1780, the cotton-cultivating Hermitage Plantation possessed numerous plantation buildings by 1800. The structures of Hermitage Plantation Historic District are clustered along the north side of Borck Creek, one of Coral Bay's several inlets. By the mid-19th century, ...

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