architecture

Southwestern city of Jérémie has been distinguished for its busy port and thriving artists' colony, known as "City of Poets".

Established in 1756, its port started up 51 years later. It has exported cacao, coffee beans, sugar, bananas, timber wood, and animal hides.

Two districts compose Jérémie: residential neighborhood, Haut-Ville, and merchant area Basse-Ville.

Jérémie's economy suffered a setback post-1964, due to François Duvalier's shuttering of the port. It was a payback for dissidents' disapproval of his brutal policies.

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Les Cayes significant points in history include: being named by the French administration who colonized the area, Aux Cayes, due to its closeness to Île à Vache, President of Gran Colombia, Simón Bolívar traveled to Les Cayes on December 23, 1818 to gain support for his campaign in South America, hurricanes destroyed the town first in 1781 and then again seven years later, and it has had as its residents, André Rigaud, Auguste Davezac, John James Audubon and André Corvington.

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In the Arrondissement du Limbé sits the town of Limbé, with 32,200 occupants. Limbé is sub-divided into seven partitions: Tanmas, Haut-Limbé, Souffrieres, Ravine-des-Roches, Simalo, Camp-Coq, and Plaisance.

Important to agricultural viability of Limbé is the Limbé River, which irrigates crops of bananas, mangoes, and other tropical fruits. Coffee farming and rice growing also occur.

Although deforestation has crippled much of Haiti, Limbé has more tree cover than most areas. But the Limbé River is at peril of drying up because of deforestation.

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Here is a picture of La Prefecture. Cap-Haitian is a beautifully-aged relic of the French Colonial period in Haiti. Its most famous historical site is La Citadelle La Ferriere, erected by former President Christophe. Situated at the summit of Bonnet a L'Eveque, it overlooks the entire city. Viewed as among the biggest fortresses in South Region, it is a culminating experience for tourists.

Also unforgettable are Monuments of Vertieres. Impressive memorials, they symbolize the slave revolt's triumph over the French, and mark the first black-led republic.

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This is a Haiti National Palace. Like other public buildings in Haiti, the National Palace used the French Renaissance tradition of architecture

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