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Industrial heritage of Barbados

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World Heritage Status
Notes
References

The Industrial heritage of Barbados, an island nation in the Caribbean, is exemplified by a number of specific structures still standing. These include:

Codrington College- A college that was first used as a sugar plantation. Built around ancient Amerindian archaeological sites, including burials.
Morgan Lewis Windmill-
St Nicholas Abbey- One of only three extant Jacobean-style structures in the Western Hemisphere. Drax Hall Estate, another of the three examples, is also located in Barbados.
Newton Slave Burial Ground- The remains of nearly 600 slaves were found on the grounds of the former Newton Plantation, in use from 1670–1833, at a cemetery consisting of low mounds.^[1]

World Heritage Status

This collection of sites was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on January 18, 2005 in the Cultural category.^[2]

Notes

1. ^The Industrial Heritage of Barbados: The Story of Sugar - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
2. ^The Industrial Heritage of Barbados: The Story of Sugar - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

References

The Industrial Heritage of Barbados: The Story of Sugar - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-17.

1 : Buildings and structures in Barbados

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