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Royal Castle of Collioure

The royal castle of Collioure is an immense historic stone fortress with roots in antiquity. The castle is located in Collioure, a traditional Catalan fishing village on the Mediterranean coast of Southern France. The castle evolved over a millennium, combining ...

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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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Frederiksted Historic District

The Frederiksted Historic District symbolizes 200 years of western St. Croix's political history. Frederiksted was laid out in a grid plan by surveyor Jens Beck. Fort Frederik constructed by the Danes the following year to protect them from pirates, was ...

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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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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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Fortsberg

The ruins of Fortsberg, a typical 18th-century citadel fortress, are located on the summit of a high hill commanding Coral Bay. Ruins of a supporting shore battery, containing five cannon, lie 1,000 feet southeast of the fort. Begun in 1717, ...

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Reef Bay Great House

The Reef Bay Great House Historic District represents the domestic aspects of the Great Estate which oversaw the sugar production found in the Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District. The Great House, originally associated with the Par Force Estate, is ...

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Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District

Reef Bay Estate was established in the early 18th century as a cattle and cotton plantation. Combining with the Par Force Estate around 1800, the estate underwent a conversion to sugar cane production. The Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District ...

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Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm

The Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm is linked with many of the families associated with the early settlement of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The de Nully, Beverhout and Heyliger clans were all significant in the early development of the Virgin Islands. A ...

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Fort Christian

Governor Jørgen Iversen led the second expeditionary force from Denmark to St. Thomas, where he arrived on May 25, 1672; there, he initiated construction of Fort Christian, named after Danish King Christian V. By 1676, builders had completed the fort's ...

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