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Charlotte Amalie is built on three low volcanic spurs called Frenchman Hill (Foretop Hill), Berg Hill (Maintop), and Government Hill (Mizzentop). [11] Charlotte Amalie is located at coordinates 18°21' north and 64°57' west.
Charlotte Amalie East is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on the east side of the island. It is the fifth largest town or census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. Virgin Islands (after Charlotte Amalie , Anna's Retreat , Charlotte Amalie West ,and Cruz Bay ).
Fort Christian is a Dano-Norwegian-built fort in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.Built 1672-1680, early in the first successful colonial establishment on the island, the fort served as a critical point of defense and government during the entire period of Dano-Norwegian, and later Danish, administration, which ended in 1917 with the sale of the islands to the United States.
The Charlotte Amalie Historic District in Charlotte Amalie in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands is a 165.3 acres (0.669 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] The district then included 574 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing object. [1]
Blackbeard's Castle is one of five National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. Virgin Islands.It is located in the city of Charlotte Amalie, on the island of St. Thomas.Erected in 1679 by the Danes as a watchtower to protect the harbor as well as Fort Christian, Blackbeard's Castle was originally called Skytsborg (meaning protection castle).
Charlotte Amalie was born on 27 April 1650, in Kassel, Hesse, Germany.Her parents were William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg.Her mother was a religiously strict adherent of the Reformed Church and politically oriented toward Brandenburg, both views which were to be shared by her daughter.