World Heritage Identification Number: 1376
World Heritage since: 2011
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇧🇧 Barbados
Continent: Americas
UNESCO World Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison: A Unique Colonial Legacy in Barbados
Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, offers a unique insight into the architectural legacy of British colonialism in the Caribbean. Located in the parish of Saint Michael, Bridgetown, the capital and largest city of Barbados, presents a well-preserved urban landscape that dates back to the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. This site serves as a testament to the expansion of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also includes a nearby military garrison which consists of numerous historic buildings. With its serpentine urban lay-out the property testifies to a different approach to colonial town-planning compared to the Spanish and Dutch colonial cities of the region which were built along a grid plan.
Encyclopedia Record: Bridgetown
Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000.Additional Site Details
Area: 187 hectares
(iii) — Unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
Coordinates: 13.0966666667 , -59.6138888889
