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Antigua and Barbuda accepted the convention on November 1, 1983, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Antigua and Barbuda has only one World Heritage Site, Nelson's Dockyard , which was inscribed in 2016.
Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, located in Saint Paul Parish on the Caribbean island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is the only continuously working Georgian era dockyard in the world. [ 1 ]
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The Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites is a 255 ha (630 acres) UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saint Paul Parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.It constitutes a collection of Georgian era naval structures, namely a naval dockyard and related supporting compounds.
Shirley Heights is an historic military compound in Antigua. It was built in the 1780s to protect the Naval Dockyard in English Harbour. [1] It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park [2] [1] and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3] View of English Harbour from Shirley Heights
The Antigua Legislature assigned English Harbour to the King for naval use in 1725, and included adjoining land in 1729. By 1745, the harbour was fortified. Captain Horatio Nelson arrived in July 1784 as the senior officer of the Northern Division of the West Indies Station, commanding HMS Boreas , until his departure in 1787.
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