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Jamaica

CapitalKingston
RegionCaribbean
CurrencyJMD
Official languagesEnglish, Jamaican Patois
Access to the seaYes
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Port Royal

Giddy House

Giddy House
Jamaica · Place of interest

Giddy House

Giddy House is a former artillery storehouse in Port Royal, built in 1888 and left tilted by the 1907 earthquake. Its interior can feel physically disorienting; it forms part of a historical visit that also includes Fort Charles and the harbour landscape.

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Cannons and walls of Fort Charles beside Kingston Harbour in Port Royal.
Jamaica · City or town

Port Royal

Port Royal is a historic port community at the entrance to Kingston Harbour. A visit combines Fort Charles, earthquake-altered urban remains and an archaeological landscape on land and underwater, alongside the history of colonial trade and the enslavement of Africans.

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Cannons and walls of Fort Charles beside Kingston Harbour in Port Royal. Culture

Port Royal, Fort Charles and the City the Sea Preserves

A short visit to Port Royal gains depth when Fort Charles, earthquakes and Atlantic history replace the easy pirate legend.

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