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Bookmark & shareGhostly reminders of a potent colonial past.
St Laurent is a dozy place with some of the finest colonial architecture in the country and, even 60 years after its penitentiary's closure, it's a town dominated by penal buildings and the ghosts of its prisoners.
Fast Facts
Population
19,167
Currency
Name: Euro
Code: EUR
Symbol: €
Electrical Plugs
220/127V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: French
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -3
Country Dialing Code
+0594
Weights & Measures
Metric
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