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Saint Kitts and Nevis

Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

CapitalBasseterre
RegionCaribbean
CurrencyXCD
Official languagesEnglish
Access to the seaYes
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Charlestown

Nevis

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

Saint Kitts

Basseterre

Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts and Nevis · City or town

Basseterre

Basseterre is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The available travel material mentions it as a reference point: Brimstone Hill lies outside the city, in western Saint Kitts.

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Walls and bastions of Brimstone Hill Fortress above the coast of St Kitts.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Place of interest

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, in western Saint Kitts, brings together bastions, ramps, cisterns and ruins on a volcanic slope. Its military architecture also tells the history of the enslaved African labor that made the fortress possible.

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Charlestown
Saint Kitts and Nevis · City or town

Charlestown

Charlestown brings historic streets and the Nevis History Museum together in a centre that can be explored on foot. Its architecture offers a way into the island’s social history, while the museum provides context for the visit.

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Walls and bastions of Brimstone Hill Fortress above the coast of St Kitts.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Region or area

Nevis

Nevis offers a cultural route linking Charlestown, Cottle Church and New River Estate. Its museum and historic remains illuminate the island’s past, including slavery and the sugar economy.

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Walls and bastions of Brimstone Hill Fortress above the coast of St Kitts.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Region or area

Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts is an island in Saint Kitts and Nevis. On its western coast, Brimstone Hill stands on a volcanic rise and offers a historical route through a fortress designed to watch over the sea.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

Guides to this destination

Historic street in Charlestown, Nevis, near the Museum of Nevis History Culture

Charlestown, Cottle Church and New River Estate: Understanding Nevis

A day from Charlestown linking a museum, religious ruins and sugar heritage without reducing Nevis to a succession of old buildings.

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Walls and bastions of Brimstone Hill Fortress above the coast of St Kitts. Culture

Brimstone Hill and the human cost of a Caribbean fortress

Brimstone Hill Fortress deserves an unhurried day—not only for its walls and views, but also for understanding the slavery and imperial rivalry embedded in its construction.

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