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Antigua and Barbuda cuisine refers to the cuisines of the Caribbean islands Antigua and Barbuda. The national dish is fungee (pronounced "foon-jee") and pepperpot. [1] Fungee is a dish similar to Italian polenta, made mostly with cornmeal. [1] Other local dishes include ducana, seasoned rice, saltfish and lobster (from Barbuda).
Diamonds, also known as The Diamond, is a rural hamlet in Saint Peter, Antigua and Barbuda. Diamonds takes up 31.26% of the land area of the Parish of Saint Peter. Betty's Hope is located in Diamonds.
Antigua Air Station was established on a portion of the former Coolidge AFB. As of 2011, NASA continues to utilize the Antigua facility for launch tracking services on an as-needed basis; and did so for the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory on 26 November 2011. [4] Upon the closure of the base in 1949, it became a civil airport.
The Royalton Hotel is a hotel at 44 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.The hotel, opened in 1898, was designed by architecture firm Rossiter & Wright and developed by civil engineer Edward G. Bailey.
The Mill Reef Club is a 1,500-acre members-only club that includes five miles of shoreline and three islands on the east coast of Antigua. The Club was founded in 1947 by Connecticut architect Robertson 'Happy' Ward (1897–1988), with initial capital of $38,000. There were 45 founding members, each paying $7,500 for a plot for building a home.
It was the first large-scale sugar plantation to operate in Antigua and belonged to the Codrington family from 1674 until 1944. Christopher Codrington, later Captain General of the Leeward Islands, acquired the property in 1674 and named it Betty's Hope, after his daughter. [1] [2] [3] Betty's Hope is no longer operational as a plantation.
In 1891, Saint George was very well connected by Antigua's historic rail infrastructure. [23] The parish is mostly part of Antigua's limestone region. [24] The northern region has a very right drought risk and the southern region has a low drought risk. [25] All of the coastline is part of the Northeast Marine Management Area. [26]
The Princess opened the new Antigua and Barbuda Parliament building, and delivered the Speech from the Throne, on behalf of the Queen. [7] This lovely island of Antigua with its sister Barbuda can form an admirable example of how a small nation can hold its head high among all the nations of the Commonwealth and the world. May God bless you all.