Pont Rouge

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Pont Rouge is a historic area near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, best known as the site where revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines was assassinated in 1806.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location
historic site
associatedWith Haitian independence
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
commemoratedBy annual ceremonies on 17 October
continent North America
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country Haiti
dateOfEvent 17 October 1806
eventTypeAtLocation political assassination
hasCulturalSignificance symbolic site of betrayal of Dessalines
hasHistoricalEvent assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
hasHistoricalSignificance site of assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
hasNearbyInfrastructure roads connecting to central Port-au-Prince
hasNearbySettlement shantytowns of northern Port-au-Prince
hasRoleIn Haitian Revolution aftermath
hasTypeOfPlace urban area
historicalPeriod early 19th century
languageOfToponym French
locatedIn Port-au-Prince
surface form: Port-au-Prince metropolitan area
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ouest Department
surface form: Ouest department
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00
locatedNear Port-au-Prince
locatedOnLandmass Hispaniola
memorializedIn Haitian collective memory
namedAfter a red bridge
nearbyCity Cité Soleil
nearbyFeature Gulf of Gonâve
surface form: Bay of Port-au-Prince
partOf Port-au-Prince
surface form: commune of Port-au-Prince
partOfHistoryOf Haiti
Port-au-Prince
relatedField Haitian history
postcolonial studies
relatedHoliday Dessalines Day
usedFor political commemorations
public gatherings on Dessalines Day

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