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Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbor (Curaçao)

5 months ago By Editor

The people of the Netherlands established a trading settlement at a natural harbor on the island of Curaçao in 1634. The architecture of Willemstad has been influenced not only by Dutch colonial concepts but also by the tropical climate and architectural styles from towns throughout the Caribbean region.

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Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve (Cuba)

5 months ago By Editor

The Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve is located at the eastern part of Cuba's Guaniguanico mountain range. It protects over 100 square miles of tropical forests with evergreen and semi-deciduous environments. It was also the site of the first major coffee plantation in the New World.

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Sint Eustatius National Marine Park

3 months ago By Editor

The St Eustatius National Marine Park encircles the entire island and extends up to 2 miles offshore. Created in 1966, the park covers 6,800 acres and protects a variety of habitats including pristine, biologically-diverse coral reef, seagrass beds, sandy seabed and open ocean communities.

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St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

8 months ago By Editor

St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve, located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles on the island of St. Kitts, is one of the first biosphere reserves of the Caribbean island countries and an important site in terms of biological diversity, comprising cloud forests, mangroves and coral reefs.

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Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (Cuba)

6 months ago By Editor

Founded in the early 16th century in honor of the Holy Trinity, the city was a bridgehead for the conquest of the American continent. Its 18th- and 19th-century buildings, such as the Palacio Brunet and the Palacio Cantero, were built in its days of prosperity from the sugar trade.

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Turquino National Park (Cuba)

6 months ago By Editor

Turquino National Park, also known as Sierra Maestra National Park or Sierra Maestra Grand National Park, is a national park in Santiago de Cuba Province, situated in southeastern Cuba. The park is located in the Sierra Maestra mountain range.

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Urban Historic Center of Cienfuegos (Cuba)

6 months ago By Editor

Situated on the Caribbean coast of south-central Cuba at the heart of the country’s sugar cane, mango, tobacco and coffee production area, the historic colonial town of Cienfuegos first developed in the neoclassical style. It later became more eclectic but retained a harmonious overall townscape.

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Viñales Valley (Cuba)

9 months ago By Editor

Cuba's Valle de Viñales is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. The quality of this cultural landscape is enhanced by the architecture of its farms and villages, illustrating the cultural development of the islands of the Caribbean and of Cuba.

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Virgin Islands National Park and Biosphere Reserve (United States Virgin Islands)

5 months ago By Editor

Virgin Islands National Park and Biosphere Reserve, renowned throughout the world for its breathtaking beauty, includes steep hillsides, rocky shores, coral sand beaches, numerous bays, coral reefs, canyons of coral ledges, turtle grass beds, mangrove swamps and natural salt ponds.

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Washington Slagbaai National Park (Bonaire)

Editor Thu, 02/28/2019 - 19:17

The Washington Slagbaai National Park is an ecological reserve on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. Originally inhabited by native South Americans and comprised of two of the largest plantations on the island during colonial period, the park is rich in historical and cultural heritage.

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West Indies (The Caribbean)

4 months ago By Editor

The West Indies is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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