Derek Walcott Square

St Lucia


This central square is named for local writer Derek Walcott, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992. It's a quiet park that seems somehow isolated from the bustle of the surrounding streets. There are a couple of attractive wooden buildings on the south side.


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