1. HAITI : HISTORICAL SITES (NORTH)
Haiti has a rich history. It packs a lot of historical sites for such a small-sized country. Some places are not easy to reach (awful tracks or no tracks ….)
From the colonial times, remains of sugar & coffee plantations can be seen in many places, especially near Cap-Haïtien. The most scenic ruins are those of Habitation Dion in Chaîne des Matheux.
Also from the colonial times, there are lots of forts, most of them along the coasts. The most interesting ones are those along the Northern coast, such as Fort Picolet near Cap Haïtien and Fort Dauphin in Fort-Liberté, and in the South near Saint Louis du Sud.
Later, forts were built everywhere in the mountains by the former slaves in order to prevent the French to invade again the country. The most impressive ones are Citadelle La Ferrière in the North (a Unesco WHS), Fort Drouet in Chaîne des Matheux and Citadelle des Platons in the South on the edge of Massif de la Hotte.
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2. Colonial bridge, Haut-du-Cap

3. Battle of Vertières Memorial (lost by the French …), near Cap-Haïtien

4. Eglise Immaculée-Conception, Milot (Unesco WHS)

5. Palais Sans-Souci (Unesco WHS)

16. Citadelle La Ferrière (Citadel Henry) (Unesco WHS)

31. Les Ramiers fortifications (Unesco WHS)

36. Fort Dauphin (also named Fort Saint-Joseph), Fort-Liberté

45. An old basin where a water mill once stood, at Habitation Lovana, near Cap-Haïtien (now a Vodou place)

47. Habitation Detreille (former sugar plantation)
Note the slave entrance at the left (the slaves weren’t allowed to go thru the main gate)

49. Fort Etienne-Magny, also named Batterie du Gris- Gris), Cap-Haïtien

50. Fort Saint-Joseph, Cap-Haïtien

51. Fort Picolet, near Cap-Haïtien

58. Remains of sugarmill machinery, Jean-Rabel (between Port-de-Paix & Môle Saint-Nicolas)

59. Batterie de Vallière, Môle Saint-Nicolas

61. Batterie de Grasse, Môle Saint-Nicolas

64. Fort Georges (also named Batterie d’Orléans), Môle Saint-Nicolas

65. Fort Vieux Quartier, Môle Saint-Nicolas

67. La Poudrière, Môle Saint-Nicolas

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