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The Georgetown Lighthouse was first built by the Dutch in 1817 and then rebuilt in 1830 to help guide ships into the Demerara River from the Atlantic Ocean.The 31 m (103 feet) high octagonal structure is a famous Georgetown, Guyana landmark with its distinct vertical red and white stripes.
Category: Landmarks in Guyana. 1 language. ... Historic sites in Guyana (2 C, 5 P) M. Monuments and memorials in Guyana (2 C, 1 P) T. Towers in Guyana (1 C)
Pages in category "Historic sites in Guyana" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Fort Zeelandia is located on Fort Island, a fluvial island of the Essequibo River delta in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana.Not to be confused with Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo, Suriname, the current brick fort was built in 1743 for the Essequibo colony, replacing an earlier wooden fort built in 1726, and is among the oldest structures in Guyana. [1]
The National Trust of Guyana was established by the National Trust Act, No. 7 of 1972, and is responsible for all monuments. The term monuments was defined as "any building, structure, object or other work of man or of nature whether above or below the surface of the land or the floor of the sea within territorial waters of Guyana and any site ...
Linden is the second largest city in Guyana after Georgetown, and capital of the Upper Demerara-Berbice region, [2] located at , altitude 48 m (160It was declared a town in 1970, and includes the communities of MacKenzie, Christianburg, and Wismar.
Fashioned like the Wai-Wai benabs or shelters which are found deep in Guyana's interior, it occupies an area of 460 square metres, making it the largest structure of its kind in Guyana. [1] On April 7, 2001, the Umana Yana, along with the African Liberation Monument, was gazetted as one of Guyana's National Monuments. [2]
Pages in category "National monuments in Guyana" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *