Cap-Haitian View

As you can see in this picture, the typical homes in Cap-Haitian keep their colonial styles with balconies looking over the narrow streets. The city is also located near the Citadelle Laferiere and sans-Souci Palace.

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Here is a picture of the Prefecture of Cap-Haitian or as it is called in the Haitian Creole Lap prefecture Du Cap-Haitian, located in the city of Cap-Haitian. This beautiful building is located close to the cathedral of Cap-Haitian in the Place Dame of the city

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Here is a picture of College Notre-Dame of Cap-Haitian.

It is also called College Notre Dame Du Perpetuel Secours which is an all-male private Roman Catholic primary and secondary school

The school was founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti in 1904.

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Here is a picture showing a major party of the city of Cap-Haitian. This city is the second city of Haiti and is the historic as well as the tourism capital of Haiti.

During the colonization period, Cap-Haitian which was called Cap-Francais was a major port in Saint Domingue, transporting all kind of products to France

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On the 7 hour bus ride from Port-au-Prince to Cap Haitien, one expects to see the turquoise ocean, gently rolling into the sandy beach, half-developed homes nestled among growing greenery, testament to the persistence of the Haitian people, rolling green hills, for which the country was named, seeming to proclaim the continuity of Haiti through disaster after disaster, and interesting people, a sight one will soon come to expect while traveling through Haiti.

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Here is a beautiful picture of Carenage in cap-Haitian.

Called the Versailles of the Caribbean, fitting since Cap Haitien was the Paris of the Antilles, Sans Souci Palace, built on the steam of Henri Christophe, former, self-declared King of Northern Haiti, is one of the world heritage sites of UNESCO. A guided tour reveals the massive gardens, filled with man-made springs and a waterworks system that gave entertainment to the many guests invited to the multitude of dances and dinners Christophe held there during his reign. The palace should have lasted long into posterity, but was destroyed by the 1842 earthquake.

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Morning time in Cap Haitien is abuzz with busy people. The almost ritualistic sweeping of the sidewalk commences as soon as the day lights, the clean streets a product of the effort of shop and homeowners to show off their properties in the best light. And some have much to be proud of. While most are definitely run-down, the beautiful architectural touches on windows, balconies, arches and roofs etc. show what the city used to be, the Paris of the Antilles, hinting as best as possible to what it can be again.

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Situated on the northern coastline of Haiti, Cap-Haitian is abutted by the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern side, with the Cap-Haitian mountain ranges looking down on it.

Imperialist France made Cap-Haitien one of its territories in 1711, naming it Cap-Francis. France lost the territory in 1804 when Toussaint Louverture defeated its troops.

Today Cap-Haitian, having survived many catastrophic events since it was settled, has been given the honor of being named a National Heritage site.

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Cap-Haitien was established in 1670 in the Taino town, Guarico. The French colonialists turned it into a territory and called it Cap-Francis in 1711.

The slave revolt in 1791 led to Haitian General Christophe to torch the city instead of surrendering it to the French.

Re-named Cap-Haitien in 1804, the year of Haiti's liberation, it has held up under many natural disasters, becoming in 1995 a National Heritage site. The city today still contains magnificent colonial-period architecture and monuments.

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The second largest city, next to Port-au-Prince in population, Cap-Haitian is famous for its French-Colonial style buildings.

The French occupied Saint Domingue Island (as Haiti was called then), of which Cap-Francis was its capital.

Haiti won its independence from France in 1804, re-naming Cap-Francis Cap-Haitian. Although Cap-Haitian suffered many natural disasters over 300 years, it is a city that has never lost its colonial beauty. In 1995, the city became known as a National Heritage site.

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