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The Little Chapel is situated in the Les Vauxbelets valley, Saint Andrew, Guernsey. [2] [3] It was created in July 1914, by Brother Déodat. [4] He planned to create a miniature version of the grotto and basilica at Lourdes, the Rosary Basilica. [5] The chapel has been described as "probably the biggest tourist attraction in Guernsey", [6] and ...
The Society has published a regular magazine since 1945. The Bulletin appeared eight times during 1945 and 1946. It became Quarterly Review of the Guernsey Society in January 1947, and continued until 1971, when the frequency was reduced to three times a year, and the title changed to The Review of the Guernsey Society.
Tourism is still important. However, Jersey and Guernsey have, since the 1960s, become major offshore financial centres. [41] Historically Guernsey's horticultural and greenhouse activities have been more significant than in Jersey, and Guernsey has maintained light industry as a higher proportion of its economy than Jersey. In Jersey, potatoes ...
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A 20% rate (income from trading activities regulated by the Office of the Director General of Utility Regulation, and income from the ownership of lands and buildings). [110] Guernsey levies no capital gains, inheritance, capital transfer, value added (VAT / TVA) or general withholding taxes. [111] Guernsey has thus been described a tax haven.
The last person to be executed for murder in Guernsey in 1853, a John Tapner, worked as a clerk in the Engineers Department in Fort George; his botched robbery was matched with a bungled hanging. [14]: 25 The fort attracted dubious activities with 'Maisons de débauche' being established close to the fort. They became such a problem that a law ...
- Rousse Tower and battery, Vale. The battery, of three 24-pounder and two 9-pounder guns, was added in 1804. The tower has three levels and one can climb to the top, which provides a good view along the coast. In the tower, life-size models show how members of the Guernsey militia, and their families, manned the defenses.