Guadeloupean identity

Statue of Joseph Ignace - Les Abymes

Boulevard des Héros
97110 Pointe-à-Pitre
Guadeloupe
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Created by the Guadeloupian sculptor Jacky Poulier, this statue represents Joseph Ignace, a fighter who rallied Victor Hugues. At his side, he opposed the English and was promoted Commandant.

Statue of the Mulatta Solitude - Les Abymes

Boulevard des Héros
97110 Pointe-à-Pitre
Guadeloupe
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Created by Guadeloupian sculptor Jacky Poulier, the statue of the Mulatta Solitude was inaugurated on the 27th of May 1999. Born around 1772, Solitude was the daughter of an African slave who had bee

Mural painting of Baimbridge Highschool in the Abymes

Boulevard des Héros
Les Abymes
97159 Pointe-à-Pitre
Guadeloupe
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This mural was presented in 1998 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, on the theme "Guadeloupe history on slavery and the abolitions ".

Habitation Murat

Section Murat
D 203
97112 Grand-Bourg
Guadeloupe
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The habitation Murat was the largest sugar cane plantation in Guadeloupe.

Marches des Esclaves, Petit-Canal

Escalier aux Esclaves
97131 Petit-Canal
Guadeloupe
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Stairs whose steps were built by slaves are located in Petit-Canal.

Fort fleur d’épée

Bas-du-Fort
97190 Le Gosier
Guadeloupe
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The Fort Fleur d’Epée was built by Vauban, and is the largest fortification of Grande Terre in Guadeloupe.

Slave cells of the Habitation Belmont

Trois Rivières
Guadeloupe
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The origins of the habitation Belmont date back to the early colonisation of Guadeloupe. A vestige of the habitation is a slave cell of 4 m² from the eighteenth century.