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This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [ 2 ] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
The historic Round Hill hotel and villa resort near Montego Bay in Hopewell, Hanover, Jamaica opened in 1952. It is located on a 100-acre (40 ha) peninsula and has entertained many celebrities and politicians including John F. Kennedy, Ralph Lauren, Paul Newman and Bob Hope.
Rose Hall is a Jamaican Georgian plantation house now run as a historic house museum.It is located in Montego Bay, Jamaica with a panoramic view of the coast. Thought to be one of the country's most impressive plantation great houses, it had fallen into ruins by the 1960s, but was then restored.
The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica. Definitions Kingston, capital of Jamaica Montego Bay The following definitions have been used: City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1802 reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town ...
This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption.
In 1981 Gordon "Butch" Stewart purchased an old hotel (the Bay Roc Hotel) on one of Montego Bay's largest beaches, despite having no hotel experience and opened it as Sandals Montego Bay. [8] In 1984, Sandals launched the Caribbean's first swim-up bar at its Montego Bay Resort in Jamaica. [9]
The construction of Island Village, a major shopping and entertainment complex, has spruced up 'Ochi.' In 1968, the Jamaica Villa Association (JAVA) was created to represent the growing number of villas in Jamaica. Ocho Rios has seen the rise of luxury villas, with beachfront, ocean, and mountain views. [23] [better source needed]
Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ) in Montego Bay was established in 1985 on a 95-acre (38 ha) site southwest of the city. It has 488,110 square feet (45,347 m 2 ) of factory/office space. An additional 103,000 square feet (9,600 m 2 ) of space is being added specifically for information technology.