Martinique

At the occasion of the inauguration of the Louis Delgrès lounge at the Ministry of the Oversea in Paris on the 10th of May 2005, a commemorative plaque paying tribute to Delgrès was unveiled in the lo

The statue of the Nègre marron (Neg’ Marron) (Maroon Negro) is located at the entrance of the village of Diamant (Martinique).

A statue in tribute to Victor Shoelcher is located in front of the old courthouse, sculpted by Marquet de Vasselot.

The Domaine de la Pagerie is a house from the eighteenth century. It is the birthplace of the future Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Saint-James rum museum was created in 1981, in the former home of the director of the sugar refinery of Sainte-Marie.

The Musée du café et cacao (coffee and cocoa museum), located in Trois-Ilets, traces the various stages of the manufacture of coffee and cocoa, two products that have made the settlers wealthy.

The Château Dubuc, now in ruins, was the property of the family Du Buc in the eighteenth century. Pierre Du Buc, arrived in Martinique in 1657 to grown sugar cane, coffee and tobacco.