Bridgetown is also the only city, and the capital of Barbados Island, which could not be intrigued with her husband. The resort is primarily oriented to the beach relaxing. No, this is not a solid strip of palm trees, beaches and other exotic. There are quite a few stores where tourists descending on the sun can leave their blood money, and there is also a sufficient number of historical monuments. Moreover, the number of historical monuments sufficient to ensure that Bridgetown can be called a small tropical copy of London. In order for you to understand why it is compared to London, I will try to describe the most interesting places of Bridgetown.
Fire Tower on Gan Hill . This tower is an outstanding architectural monument and a special attraction of the island of Barbados. Built this fire tower in one thousand eight hundred to the eighteenth year as a signal station. The main purpose of the signal station was observing approaching from the sea, ships. The structure itself, has a very interesting look, as it looks like both the lighthouse, and the tower at the palace or castle, and the water tower. It is built of brick and painted paint raspberry color. The roof is akin to consider I did not work out, but in my opinion she is tiled. Now in the tower is the Museum of Military Topics. The exposition of the museum is submitted to the court to visitors in the form of military ammunition. The exposition itself is quite modest, which you can not say about the form that opens from the windows of the museum.
Square of national heroes . Before this area was renamed, she had a completely different and did not like it, the name is Trafalgar. Many of historians, quite confidently declare that this area is an accurate copy of the London Square with the same name. Similarity catches almost in everything. Here are a sudden yourself. On the Square itself, there is a monument from bronze, Admiral Nelson. Yes, he is certainly inferior in size to the London monument, but it should be taken into account that it was established for thirty years earlier. In order for the similarity with the London thesis, there was not so obvious, the area decided to rename, and this event took place in one thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth year. The name changed was changed, but the monument to touch still did not dare. Just opposite the monument to Admiral, another monument was established, which is dedicated to the inhabitants of the island, who died during the First World War. In addition to monuments, there are more noticeable objects on the square, such as the Parliament Building, which was built in one thousand eight hundred seventy-first. Those who were in London, probably asked the similarity of these two squares. Well, those who in London were not, wrecked here, may feel immediately in two cities.
Botanical Garden Flower Forest . The name of the botanical garden sounds very modest, as this is the real flower forest with natural, which is very important and no less interesting, landscape. In this floral forest, several hundreds of rare plants grows. The Square of the Botanical Garden, quite big because it spread out twenty hectares of the earth. For more comfort of visitors, shops are installed here and there are arbors. During a walk, visitors are told, and very interesting, about many plants that are inhabitants of the island. Very interesting stories, you can hear about rare plants that can be left right here and even sniff. I do not advise you to touch the plants with your hands, especially those that bloom, since it is a whim for you, and the plant after such such as innocuous actions, can reset the flowers, or to die at all.
Saint Michael Cathedral . Before this place was built by this cathedral, there was the Church of St. Mary. The cathedral is quite old and I could not find out what year the construction was started or completed. All I managed to find out is that the consecrated cathedral was one thousand six hundred and sixty-fifth year. One thousand seven hundred in the eightieth year, over the island of Barbados, a hurricane scary in his power, which literally erased from the face of the Earth Cathedral of St. Michael. Restore the cathedral managed only to nine years later, namely one thousand seven hundred eighty ninth year. Externally, this cathedral fully corresponds to the Georgian style - the windows of the fitted form, the facade is simple, but is decorated with a tower that is erected from coral stone. Once inside, I almost cracked. Do you know why? The first thing that I look, being in the temples, these are walls, then the floor, then the windows, but only after that the ceiling. So, the ceiling in this cathedral is covered with pebbles! Near the cathedral, there is a cemetery on which important dignitaries and simple soldiers are resting with the world. It was on this cemetery that the first prime minister of Barbados Grantli Adams was buried, whom the locals believed and consider the national hero.
Museum of Barbados. . Being on the island and not to visit the museum, the exposition of which is devoted to its history and development, it is like flying the entire globe on an airplane with curtained windows. It is not difficult to find the museum, since it is located in the southern part of the only city on this island. Announced the museum in one thousand nine hundred and thirty-third year, in the building that was once a garrison prison of the English colonial troops. The building in which the museum is located is quite old, because it was built in one thousand eight hundred fifty-third year. The extensive collection of the museum is presented in the form of documents and exhibits, which in turn tell the entire history of the island, from the same thing as here, that is, life was born for the first time.
With a museum, a library is open, in which more than one hundred and fifty thousand books and manuscripts are collected. The oldest copies that are in this library are dated from the seventeenth century. And also, the museum has a gift shop, in which you can buy a wide variety of souvenirs, whether engravings, various products made of precious metals or handmade products of folk masters.