Lunenburg, Canada
14. LUNENBURG, Canada
Brightly painted clapboard houses and a still bustling harbour front are part of the charm of the picturesque Old Town Lunenburg, in Nova Scotia. Since it was established in 1753, the town has preserved its houses and civic buildings, as well as maintaining the fishing and shipbuilding livelihoods that it was founded on.
Lunenburg is the finest example of a British colonial town laid out to a formal grid plan of streets and public squares according to plans brought over by the settlers. Clapboard houses are painted in vibrant colours, making the town a photographer’s dream. Among the immaculately preserved buildings are some boasting a ‘Lunenburg bump’, a five-sided dormer.
A replica of the celebrated racing schooner the Bluenose, an image of which appears on Canadian dimes, and the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, tell of the pride the community still has in its fishing and nautical heritage.
15. BRIMSTONE HILL, St Kitts
High above the north-western coast of St Kitts, the Caribbean’s largest island, stands the imposing Brimstone Hill fortress, protected by UNESCO as a national park. Its walls offer a panoramic view of forested peaks and the coasts of St Kitt’s neighbouring French, English and Dutch islands.
Brimstone is one of the earliest examples of a polygonal system of fortress design and was completed towards the end of the 1700s. The British designed the fortress to defend the coastline and offer a safe haven for the island’s population. It is a remarkable piece of British military engineering and a testament to the skills of the African slaves who were used to build it.
The impressive site, which straddles two volcanic peaks, was abandoned in the mid-19th century, having witnessed battles, skirmishes with the French (a canon was installed in 1690 to drive them off) and ultimately surrender.
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