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The State House, Bermuda, built in 1620, was one of the first stone structures.. The predominance of stone as a building material came about early in Bermuda's history. The first settlers built using the native and abundant Bermuda cedar, but such structures were rarely able to withstand either the normal winds or the occasional hurrican
A wall-less moon gate in Bermuda. Moon gates were incorporated into the architecture of Bermuda in the late 19th century, around the same time that the British territory began importing Easter lily bulbs from Japan for cultivation. Bermudan moon gates are slightly different from the original Chinese designs, as they are often left freestanding ...
Moongate can refer to several things: A Moon gate is a circular passageway found in Chinese, Japanese and Bermudian architecture. Books. Moongate a book by William L. Brian II alleging a conspiracy around the Apollo Moon landings; Moongate, a 2002 science fiction novel by William Proctor and David Weldon; Video Games
Map of the island of Bermuda. Bermuda was first documented by a European in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.In 1609, the English Virginia Company, which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier, permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane, when the crew and passengers of Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent it from sinking ...
Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean.Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 km (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1,350 km (840 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, west of Portugal, northwest of Brazil, 1,759 km (1,093 mi) north of Havana, Cuba and ...
Was owned by billionaire James Martin, and was historically a secret munitions store, part of the Bermuda Garrison of the British Army. Alpha Island 32°17′04″N 64°49′55″W / 32.28444°N 64.83194°W / 32.28444; -64.83194 ( Alpha
A map of St. George's Parish, Bermuda, with Tucker's Town in the south.. Tucker's Town is a small community in St. George's Parish, Bermuda at the mouth of Castle Harbour.It is the only part of the parish on the Main Island, and includes the Tucker's Town Peninsula that today is the site of many homes belonging to wealthy non-Bermudians.
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse – the tallest building in Bermuda, visible from most points in the islands. Horseshoe Bay – Bermuda's most famous beach. Little Sound – a natural sheltered harbour, the southern section of the Great Sound - the body of water which is surrounded by the Bermuda chain. Church Bay – Bermuda's "best" snorkelling.