PLACE DE LA CATHEDRAL NOTRE-DAME OF CAPE-HAÏTIEN
This beautiful square extends to the foot of the majestic Notre-Dame Cathedral of Cap-Haïtien, beautifully preserved. Formerly the Place d 'Armes, and recently renovated, dating back to the eighteenth century, it is the witness to colonial architecture, with its fountain built in 1769. In colonial times, she was the theater of many executions, the most famous of which was that of the slave Makandal, to whom the people attributed the gifts of metamorphosis and ubiquity. Much of the assistance remained convinced that he had escaped the flames of the logger by changing into mosquito. The great Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier, who stayed in Haiti in the thirties, returned the famous episode in his book The Kingdom of this world. It was also on this square that the liberation of slaves was proclaimed on August 29, 1793.
The statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a hero of independence, keeps an eye on the square and reminds the many badgers of the city's past.Book the Best Activities with Get Your Guide
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