Above: the Sans-Souci Palace
By the Caribbean Journal
One of the Caribbean’s most famous historical sites is getting a boost.
Haiti’s government announced that it had begun a project to rehabilitate the Sans-Souci Palace near the town of Milot in the north of the country.
The plan includes several preservation projects, including the reconstruction of a retaining wall and the building of an ”
The project will cost around $894,000 USD, according to a figure from the office of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.
The early 19th century palace was built by Haiti’s King Henri-Christophe.
The palace forms part of Haiti’s National History Park, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
Attracting tourism to the site is a major prong of Haiti’s renewed tourism push.