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The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is often claimed to be the first zoological necropolis in the modern world. The ancient Ashkelon dog cemetery predates it by thousands of years. It opened in 1899 at 4 pont de Clichy on Île des Ravageurs in Asnières-sur-Seine, Île-de-France.
The Africa Palace or Palace of Africa (Dutch: Afrikapaleis; French: Palais d'Afrique or Palais de l'Afrique) is a neoclassical palace in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, just outside Brussels. It was originally built in 1897 by order of King Leopold II to house the colonial section of the 1897 International Exposition .
Map of Haiti The National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti before the 2010 earthquake. The well-preserved Cathedral Notre-Dame of Cap-Haïtien Labadee beach and village Les Cayes entrance Colonial architecture in Les Cayes Church in Anse d'Hainault Administrative center in Corail Jean-Jacques Dessalines Legacy Statue Saut-d'Eau Waterfall Les Cayes Cathedral Labadee beach, Haïti, close to Cap ...
The Pic Macaya National Park, on the southern peninsula, which is 198 kilometres (123 mi) from Port-au-Prince and 36 kilometres (22 mi) to the northwest of Les Cayes, has a designated area of 5,500 hectares (14,000 acres) that includes a ravine formation located between the mountain peaks of Pic Formon (2,219 metres (7,280 ft)) and Pic Macaya ...
In August 2013, the Port Salut/Aquin Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées de Port Salut/Aquin), was created in Southwestern Haiti. [2] Three Bays Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées des Trois Baies), located in northeastern Haiti, was created in December 2013.
Cabaret (Haitian Creole: Kabarè) is a commune in the Arcahaie Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti.In 2009, the commune had 62,063 inhabitants. [1] During his dictatorship, François Duvalier renamed it Duvalierville (Haitian Creole: Divalyevil); in 1961 a construction project was begun.
Fort-Liberté (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ libɛʁte]; Haitian Creole: Fòlibète) is a commune and administrative capital of the Nord-Est department of Haiti. It is close to the border of the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities in the country. Haiti's independence was proclaimed here on November 29, 1803. [2] [3]
The Hispaniolan trogon is the national bird of Haiti. The following is a list of the bird species recorded in Haiti. The avifauna of Haiti included a total of 275 species according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase) as of October 2024. [1] Of them, 11 have been introduced by humans and 62 are rare or accidental.