Saint Kitts and Nevis · 17th century
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a well-preserved fortress on a hill on the island of St. Kitts, in the Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean. It was designed by British military engineers, and was built and maintained by enslaved Africans. It is one of the best preserved historical fortifications in the Americas.
The complex of fortifications were constructed on Brimstone Hill, a very steeply sloping hill situated close to the sea on the Western, Caribbean coast of St. Kitts.
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Brimstone Hill Fortress ranks #1,192 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking. Founded 1690, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 708 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,242 times in the last 60 days, more than 72% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Saint Kitts and Nevis compares in the castle statistics.
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