DREYFUS TOWER
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At the end of Pointe des Roches, the Tour Dreyfus is one of the few remaining vestiges of the former Kourou penitentiary. Inaugurated in 1856 for agricultural production, this small tower facing the sea served as a semaphore during the penal colony era, and enabled communication with the other penitentiary center in the vicinity: that of the îles du Salut. The buildings have since been demolished to make way for the Hôtel des Roches, still in operation today. The tower was named after the most famous prisoner in French Guiana: Alfred Dreyfus.
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Visited in june 2018
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Rien de bien fantastique, on n'y va pas exprès mais juste parce qu'on passe devant pour aller embarquer pour les Iles du Salut ! Malgré l'hôtel, les lieux ne sont pas folichons... :(
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The tower is very modest, but the ride on the dock and on the beach is pleasant, especially at the end of the day.
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