Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Photos

Pointe-à-Pitre is the Departmental capital & principal city of this Caribbean island part of France. The town is noted for its colonial buildings & markets with foods for locals & crafts for cruise ship passengers.

See also: Guadeloupe
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Modern buildings at Faidherbe boul. & rue Légitimus.

Modern buildings at Faidherbe boul. & rue Légitimus.

Octagonal tower on Creole-style building at Faidherbe boul. & rue Frébault.

Creole-style building on rue Frébault.

Cast iron structure of St Antoine Central Market.

Merchants at St Antoine Central Market.

Rooster in St Antoine Central Market.

Spices in St Antoine Central Market.

Fruit flavored liquors in St Antoine Central Market.

Carved wooden items in St Antoine Central Market.

Wooden crafts in St Antoine Central Market.

Traditional dolls in St Antoine Central Market.

Woven palm frond baskets in St Antoine Central Market.

Cinnamon bark in St Antoine Central Market.

Turret on bank building at corner of Central Market.

Restored building used by tourist office of Guadeloupe.

Row of shuttered buildings along rue Léonard.

Merchants at Darsé Market.

Fruits on display at Darsé Market.

Descaling fish at Darsé Market.

Fishing boats docked at base of Place de la Victoire.

Yellow sub-prefecture (public treasury) building on Victory Square.

Darsé anchorage & Pointe-à-Pitre seen from sea.

Restored Creole-style Anchorage hotel beside Darsé Market.

Mural of sugar cane cutters in garden of Anchorage hotel.

Restored colonial mansion serves as museum to Pointe-à-Pitre-born Nobel Literature prize winner St Jean Perse.

Cast iron balcony of St Jean Perse Museum.

Front door of St Jean Perse Museum.

Musée Schoelcher built in 1887 to honor anti-slavery leader.

Statue of Victor Schoelcher (July 21, 1804-December 26, 1893) who fought against slavery.

Blue iron railings of Musée Schoelcher.

Facade of Musée Schoelcher.

Traditional shutter doors on Quai Foulon building.


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