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Stabroek Market is the largest market of Georgetown, Guyana. Located in the centre of the capital city, the market is housed in an iron and steel structure with a prominent clock tower. Stabroek Market on a 1934 stamp of British Guiana [2] designed by Leonard Fryer [3]
Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It has a colonial heritage, a diverse population, and a variety of attractions, such as the Stabroek Market and the St. George's Cathedral.
Castellani House is a large nineteenth-century building in Georgetown, Guyana. It is on the corner of Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue (by the Botanical Gardens ). It was designed and constructed by the Maltese architect, Cesar Castellani , between 1879 and 1882.
The old name of the city is still reflected in Georgetown's main market, Stabroek Market, which has existed on or near its present location since the 18th century, [7] and the newspaper Stabroek News, established in 1986. [8] The Parliament Building is located in Stabroek on the same spot where the Court of Policy used to be. [6]
St. Andrew's Kirk, Georgetown; St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown; St. Joseph Mercy Hospital; St. Rose's High School (Guyana) St. Stanislaus College (Guyana) School of the Nations (Guyana) Secretariat of the Caribbean Community; Stabroek Market
In 1995, the Government of Guyana included the City Hall as part of a list of 13 National Monuments in a proposal to inscribe Georgetown as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other structures on the list included State House, the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, St. George's Cathedral, St. Andrew's Kirk and Stabroek Market. [8]
In 1798, it was a coffee plantation owned by Erve Weber & Co. [4] A cemetery was established there, people began to settle in Werk-en-rust, and it became an extension of Stabroek by 1799. [3] It is located south of Stabroek, [2] [3] which began as a two-mile brick road with a row of houses on each side of the road. By 1812, Werk-en-rust was one ...
A repainting of the State House in 2015 became highly politicized as the residing president, David A. Granger, changed the color from white to green. [4] The decision was seen as infringing on the authority of the National Trust of Guyana, which was founded in 1972 to preserve places of historical interest. [5] [6]