Brimstone Hill Fortress
Also known as Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Inscribed
1999
Area
15 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Brimstone Hill Fortress is about 190 km north-west of Pointe-à-Pitre. The nearest other World Heritage site is Antigua Naval Dockyard, about 120 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Basseterre · about 22,000 peopleabout 13 km south-east
- Saint John's · about 35,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- Pointe-à-Pitre · about 146,000 peopleabout 190 km south-east
- Christiansted · about 33,000 peopleabout 210 km west
- Roseau · about 23,000 peopleabout 280 km south-east
- Fort-de-France · about 254,000 peopleabout 360 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Antigua and BarbudaCultural120 km away
DominicaNatural285 km away
FranceNatural344 km away
United StatesCultural369 km away
Saint LuciaNatural437 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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