A Haiti Photo Album (5):
The Citadelle and Sans Souci

Photos by Adam Jones

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Distant View of the Citadelle

The Citadelle, built by the Emperor Henri Christophe between 1805 and 1820
to guard against the threat of a renewed invasion by the French,
is one of the most extraordinary structures in the Caribbean. Twenty thousand
people were employed in its construction, and the death toll was heavy.
Its walls are four metres thick and 40 metres high.

The Citadelle (1)

The Citadelle (2)

The Citadelle (3)

Haitian Impressionism

I quite like this shot of multicoloured moss on one
of the Citadelle's interior walls

A Peasant Hut near the Citadelle

The Palace of Sans Souci

"This palace, commissioned by Henri Christophe in 1810, was completed
in 1813. Sans Souci was designed to be the equal of Versailles in France,
and in its glory days was possibly a serious rival" (Lonely Planet). At the foot
of the mountain on which the Citadelle sits, it is also
where the emperor committed suicide in 1820.

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