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List of 7 World Heritage Sites
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Fort
Bullen (Barra, North Bank) |
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James Island |
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CFAO Building |
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The CFAO (Compagnie Francaise d'Afrique Occidentale)
Building was built in 1847 on the shoreline at Albreda. |
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Maurel Freres Building |
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Built by the British colonialists in 1840
it was last occupied by a Lebanese merchant whose name was
Maurel. Today it is the used as a museum with a permanent
exhibition called 'Voyage of No Return - The Trans-Atlantic
Slave Trade and the Senegambia.' |
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Remains of Portuguese Chapel |
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in Albreda around the 15th century it represents one of
the earliest Portuguese churches to be found in the Senegambia
region. |
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San Domingo |
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This was the foreign quarter of an old Portuguese
trade post which lays on the river's edge. It was established
by the Portuguese in the late 15th century and settled by
Luso-African traders. It is now just ruins. |
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Six-Gun Battery
see Banjul
History |
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Situated in the capital at the site of the
old barracks on the mouth of the Gambia River. |
History Unesco
Tourist Attractions
