Memories of slavery

The Père Lafosse Cemetery, also called “cimetière des Âmes perdues” (Cemetery of Lost Souls), is located on the island of La Réunion, in Saint- Louis.

The seaside cemetery of St. Paul is located in the bay of St. Paul. Many famous people are buried there, such as the poet Leconte de Lisle and the pirate La Buse. Mrs.

The sculpture paying tribute to the slaves who rebelled in Saint-Leu, created by Nelson Boyer, was inaugurated on the 15th of April 2012.

A metal sculpture representing an open slave yoke is located on the Place du Débarcadère in St. Paul, where slave ships landed.

On the Quai Gilbert in Saint-Paul stand a stele called "St-Paul à l'origine du métissage" (St. Paul at the root of ethnic mix) and statues created by a Malagasy artist (C.

Created by the Parisian sculptor Louis Rochet, the bronze statue representing Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (governor of the islands of France (Mauritius) and Bourbon (La Réunion)) was pres

The “Chemin des anglais” (the English Pathway), also called Chemin Crémont, was built in the 18th century by slaves.