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Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
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Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

布里奇顿及其军事要塞

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

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World Heritage record

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also includes a nearby military garrison which consists of numerous historic buildings. With its serpentine urban lay-out the property testifies to a different approach to colonial town-planning compared to the Spanish and Dutch colonial cities of the region which were built along a grid plan.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ36168

Inception1628

Area38849821 ha

Administrative areaQ819170

Named afterQ7811611

WikipediaBridgetown

Chinese Wikipedia布里奇顿

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.
(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.
(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.
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