Square, Plaza sights in Jamaica
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Sam Sharpe Square
The bustling cobbled Sam Sharpe Square, formerly called the Parade, is named for national hero the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe (1801-32), the leader of the 1831 Christmas Rebellion. At the square's northwest corner is the National Heroes Monument, an impressive bronze statue of Paul Bogle and Sam Sharpe - bible in hand, speaking to three admirers.
Also on the northwest corner is the Cage, a tiny cut-stone and brick building built in 1806 as a lockup, now a small souvenir shop. At the southwest corner is the copper-domed Civic Centre, a handsome colonial-style cut-stone building on the site of the ruined colonial courthouse.
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Cecil Charlton Park
Cecil Charlton Park is a tiny English-style 'green', also known as Mandeville Sq, which lends a charming village feel to the town center. On the north side is the Mandeville Courthouse, of cut limestone with a horseshoe staircase and a raised portico supported by Doric columns. The Rectory, the oldest home in town, adjoins the courthouse. Both it and the courthouse were completed in 1820. On the south side is a produce market, and a cenotaph commemorating Jamaica's dead from the two world wars.
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Town Square
Port Antonio's heart is the Town Square, at the corner of West St and Harbour St. It's centered on a clock tower and backed by a handsome red-brick Georgian courthouse topped by a cupola.
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Sir Alexander Bustamante Square
Sir Alexander Bustamante Square is centered on a small fountain fronting the handsome courthouse. Note the vintage 1932 fire engine beside the courthouse.
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Parade Square
Spanish Town's finest old buildings enfold Parade Square, the town square established by the Spanish as the center of Jamaica's capital city in 1534.
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Port Antonio Square
Port Antonio Square has a cenotaph honoring Jamaicans who gave their lives in the two world wars.
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