Excursions

The Coquille House or House Turlet is a building located at No. 4 Rue du Nègre-Sans-Peur in Basse-Terre. Built in the late eighteenth century, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city and the archipelago. It was listed as a historical monument in 1987 and classified in 1990.

The house Liensol is a building located rue de la Republique in Basse-Terre. Built in the late eighteenth century, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city and the island. It was listed as a historical monument in 2002

Chapp House is a building located at No. 42, Cours Nolivos in Basse-Terre. Built in the late eighteenth century, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city and the island, and was listed as a historic monument on February 2 1987. 

The high school Gerville-Reaache is a school located in the town of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe, named after the Guadeloupean politician, Gaston Gerville-Reaache. It is registered as a historical monument since January 15, 1979

The building was built between 1932 and 1935 under the direction of Ali-Georges Tur, architect of the Ministry of the colonies, to serve as residence to the governor of Guadeloupe

With a capacity of 20,000 kg, the cooler was built between 1829 and 1833 by Piollet, Poulain, Pedemonte and Picard. “Built with care in masonry, with vaults of stone, its shape is octagonal inside and irregular outside, because of the staircase and a forearm built outside,”  to store ice imported by boat from the United States.

The exhibition allows the public to rediscover the work of Edgar Clerc on the sites of Grande-Terre such as Morel, and the exceptional discoveries he has uncovered. The exhibition shows how his pioneering work helped to redefine the Amerindian chronology in Guadeloupe and to address certain aspects of the daily life of Native Americans during the early pre-Columbian period (200 BC – 800 AD)

The Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel church is a Catholic church located in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. The building is classified as historical monuments by order on 20 April 2006

In 1650, Charles Houël, then governor, lord and owner of Guadeloupe, built a fortified house on a hill overlooking the town of Basse-Terre, capital of the island at that time. This building is a secure place but especially the symbol of its power over the population. It bears the name of Fort Saint-Charles

The Clairefontaine dwelling in the Saint-Robert district of Baillif is the birthplace of Joseph of Bologna, St. George’s, on December 25, 1745, known as the Knight of St. George.

Etienne Crane (77 years old), eldest son of Man Lisa, is the head of a farm of 4.5 ha of arabica coffee plantation. A kilo of this coffee improves 20 kg of coffee.

The Notre-Dame cathedral of Guadeloupe is a catholic cathedral located in Basse-Terre, in Guadeloupe. It is the seat of the diocese of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre since its creation in 1850

Arsenal was successively a Jesuits convent and an artillery barracks. Today it is a residential residence. It is located in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, near Fort Delgres, the Church of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel and Gerville-Reaache High School. The whole is registered in 2005, then classified as historical monuments by decree of April 12, 2007

The aqueduct and reservoir are remnants of the water supply system, set up around 1725, to supply Basse-Terre. These buildings are located in the district of Petite Guinée. The ensemble was registered as a historic monument by order of 20 March 2003

The tower was built at the beginning of the year 1703, at the request of Governor Auget to protect the south the island from English attacks, at the tip of Pères north of the city of Basse-Terre near the river des Pères.

The engraved rocks of the Plessis River are a group of petroglyphs dating from the Arawak period, between the 1st and the 7th century,

Monument St. John the Baptist Church

The Monument To The Dead is about six meters high and is a form of obelisk, whose pyramid looks like a shell

Built from 1955 to 1960 for the industrialist Ferdinand Petrelluzzi by the architecture firm Corbin and Lubineau, it is listed as a historical monument in 2008

Mamiel is a former sugar farm located Abymes on Grande-Terre in the department of Guadeloupe