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The spacious Derek Walcott Square is the central point of Castries, named for the town’s famed son who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992. The town’s only architectural points of interest are to be found on the square, particularly the Cathedral of... see full details
On the outskirts to the south of Castries, accessed via Bridge Street, stands the hill of Morne Fortune, ‘Hill of Good Luck’, where some violent battles were waged between the French and British in the 18th and 19th centuries in their quest to control... see full details
St Lucia’s economy is based primarily on the cultivation of export crops, particularly bananas and copra. Several estates on the island are open to visitors. The largest, the Marquis Estate, is located just outside Castries and offers tours of the working plantation to illustrate how the... see full details