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Pastel Bermuda cottages are often regarded as a hallmark of the island, along with pink beaches and Bermuda shorts; the style has even been described as the country's only indigenous art form. [1] In addition to the local style, historical military buildings and forts and modern office buildings are highly visible.
Building Image Location First Built Notes State House: St. George's: 1620 The State House in St. George's was the home of Bermuda's parliament from 1620 until the capital's relocation to Hamilton in 1815. Carter House St. David's: 1640 Walshingham House Hamilton Parish: 1652 Built in 1652 as a private home for the Trott family [1] Old Rectory ...
A traditional form of music and dance is known as The Bermuda Gombey, which is of West African derivation, and involves rhythmic chanting and rapid drumbeat. The Gombey incorporates traditional West African dance with components from Christian missionaries, British soldiers and peoples of continental North America and the Caribbean.
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The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications is the name used by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee to identify collectively as a World Heritage Site St. George's Town, founded in 1612 (following the 1609 wreck on Bermuda's reefs of the Sea Venture), and a range of fortifications, batteries, and magazines built ...
The Old Devonshire Church is an Anglican parish church of Devonshire in Bermuda. It was established in the 1620s but has been rebuilt several times after various disasters. The original church included a ship construction style that reflected original Bermudian architecture informed by the maritime industry endemic to the island.
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Begun in 1874, this building was for various reasons never completed. Today, the magnificent ruin of the Unfinished Church, on Church Folly Lane, is a popular visitor attraction in St. George's. [7] In 1976, the Church of England in Bermuda became the Anglican Church of Bermuda, an extra-provincial diocese under the Archbishop of Canterbury.