![]() ![]() George's went on to become the replacement capital of the former colony of the British Windward Islands. After the great fire of 1771, most of the boarding houses on Granby Street were moved to Gouyave.įollowing the withdrawal of Bridgetown, Barbados, in the mid-1880s, St. George's known as the great fire of St George's. On 1 November 1775 there was a fire in the town of St. When the island was ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the new administration renamed it Saint George's Town, after the patron saint of England and Fort Royal was renamed Fort George, after King George III. Meanwhile, the original colonial settlement at the eastern edge of the harbour called Saint Louis after King Louis IX of France, later known as Port Louis, was found to be subject to flooding and malaria, so a new town was constructed called Ville de Fort Royal ("Fort Royal Town"). In 1705, work started on a new star fort on the same site, with four stone-built bastions, to the design of Jean de Giou de Caylus, the Chief Engineer of the "Islands of America" the French West Indies. In 1666, a wooden fortification was constructed by French colonists on a promontory overlooking Grenada's natural harbour and named Fort Royale. The French began their colonisation with a series of skirmishes that virtually exterminated the island's native Carib population. George's was founded by the French in 1650 when "La Grenade" ( Grenada) was colonised by Jacques Dyel du Parquet, the governor of Martinique. An aerial photo of the capital St George's. History The island of Grenada and port Saint-Georges in 1776. Nutmeg is a key crop, followed by spices such as cocoa, mace, cloves, vanilla, cinnamon and ginger. It has a moderate tropical climate that ensures the success of spice production. The main exports are cocoa bean (cacao), nutmeg, and mace spice. George’s University School of Medicine and Maurice Bishop International Airport. The parish in which Sen Jòj (Saint George's) is located, is the home of St. ![]() The town has developed in recent years, while preserving its history, culture, and natural environment. George's is a popular Caribbean tourist destination. The town is surrounded by a hillside of an old volcano crater and is located on a horseshoe-shaped harbour. George's ( Grenadian Creole French: Sen Jòj) is the capital of Grenada. ![]()
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