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This is a complete list of National Heritage sites in Jamaica as published by the Jamaica ... University of the West Indies Chapel, ... Historic site. Falmouth ...
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.
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.
Jamaica accepted the convention on January 18, 1980, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. Jamaica has a single World Heritage Site, Blue and John Crow Mountains, which was inscribed in 2015. Country also has two sites on the tentative list. [3]
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.
Around 650 AD, Jamaica was discovered by the people of the Ostionoid culture, [1] who likely came from South America. [2] Alligator Pond in Manchester Parish and Little River in St. Ann Parish are among the earliest known sites of this Ostionoid people, who lived near the coast and extensively hunted turtles and fish.
Pages in category "Historic sites in Jamaica" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. J. Jamaica National Heritage Trust
One of Jamaica's most significant historical sites due to the presence of Taino, Spanish and British archaeological sites. [57] 5627 National Marine Park Bonaire, Netherlands. 2011 vii, ix (natural) Established in 1979, Bonaire National Marine Park is the oldest marine reserve in the world.