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Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande
Renamed Cidade Velha in the late 18th century, the town of Ribeira Grande was the first European colonial outpost in the tropics. Located in the south of Santiago Island, the town retains some of its original street layout and impressive ruins, including two churches, a royal fortress and the Pillory Square, with its ornate 16th-century marble columns.
Town of Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang is an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional Laotian architecture and urban structure with that built by European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its unique, well-preserved townscape embodies a key stage in the fusion of these two very different cultural traditions.
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is an outstanding example of well-preserved 17th and 18th century military architecture in the Caribbean. Designed by the British and built by African slave labor, the fortress stands as a testimony to European colonial expansion, the African slave trade and colonialism. Trade and the emergence of new societies in the Caribbean.