Around the World Series, North America Edition: British Bermuda
Bermuda is an autonomous British Overseas Territory located in North America. The capital is Hamilton.
Picture 1: Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda
Pictures 2–5: Bermuda National Museum and the Royal Naval Dockyard at Dockyard
Picture 6: Gibb's Hill Lighthouse, located on a 245-foot-high mountain in the Southampton Parish of Bermuda, is the oldest cast iron lighthouse in the world, built in 1846. Gibb's Hill Lighthouse is 117 feet high, and because of the 245-foot-high mountain on which it sits, the lighthouse appears even taller and more spectacular.
Pictures 7 and 8: Horseshoe Bay Beach in Bermuda, with its beautiful pink sand, is one of the world's top ten beaches and is known as "the closest place to paradise."
Picture 9: Hamilton City Hall
Picture 10: Holy Trinity Cathedral, Hamilton
Picture 11: Supreme Court of Bermuda
Picture 12: Street scene in Hamilton
Picture 13: Bermuda Crystal Cave
St. George's Island, Bermuda ~ Town of St. George
The town of St. George, the oldest surviving British colonial town in the New World, is located on St. George's Island in the northern part of Bermuda.
The town has many important historical sites: the State House, built in 1620, is the first civil stone building on the island; St. Peter's Church, with its local cedar beams and limestone slab roof, is the earliest Protestant church in the Western Hemisphere. Most of the buildings are detached houses in the style of British North American settlements, rarely more than 2 stories high, with walls and roofs painted white, reflecting the distinct characteristics of Bermuda.
The historic town of St. George and related fortifications on the island of Bermuda vividly demonstrate the development of British military engineering from the 17th to the 20th centuries and were added to the World Heritage List in 2000.
Picture 14: World Heritage sign in the town of St. George
Picture 15: State House
Picture 17: The Unfinished Church is a landmark building in St. George's. Construction of the church began in 1874, with plans to build a magnificent Victorian Gothic cathedral to replace the earliest St. Peter's Church. Construction was halted due to financial difficulties, disagreements in the legislature, and hurricane damage, leaving this ancient and magnificent cathedral structure to future generations.
Picture 18: St. Peter's Church, the oldest church in Bermuda
Pictures 19 and 20: Fort St. Catherine
There are as many as 16 castles in Bermuda, the most representative of which is Fort St. Catherine, located on the east coast of St. George's, built in 1614. The castle is solid, and the interior has been converted into a museum, with a maze of underground passages running through the interior of the castle, and several heavy artillery pieces on the battery. The scenery on the coast outside the castle is beautiful.