Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site historic town

The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bermuda that preserves one of the earliest English colonial towns in the New World along with its extensive coastal defense works.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda	7
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications canonical	4
UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Historic Town of St. George and Related Fortifications	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda	1
World Heritage property "Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda"	1
the historic defenses of St. George's	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ historic town ⓘ
associatedWith	British colonial expansion in the Atlantic ⓘ transatlantic maritime trade routes ⓘ
conservationChallenges	coastal erosion ⓘ pressures from tourism ⓘ
country	Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Bermuda
criteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
earliestSettlementDate	1612 ⓘ
foundedBy	English colonists ⓘ
function	administrative center of early Bermuda colony ⓘ military defense of Bermuda’s harbors ⓘ
governingState	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasBuildingTypes	military fortifications ⓘ public and civic buildings ⓘ religious buildings ⓘ residential houses ⓘ
hasUrbanMorphology	organic street pattern adapted to topography ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
includes	Alexandra Battery ⓘ Fort Albert ⓘ Fort St. Catherine ⓘ Fort St. Catherine ⓘ surface form: Fort Victoria Gates Fort ⓘ King’s Castle ⓘ Town of St. George ⓘ coastal fortifications of Bermuda ⓘ
inscribedOn	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
inscriptionYear	2000 ⓘ
locatedIn	Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: British Overseas Territory of Bermuda Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean St. George's Parish ⓘ surface form: St. George’s Parish
locatedOn	St. George’s Island ⓘ
notableFeature	historic stone and brick buildings ⓘ integrated coastal defense system ⓘ narrow winding streets ⓘ
partOf	cultural heritage of Bermuda ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
protectionStatus	protected under Bermuda heritage legislation ⓘ
significance	one of the earliest English colonial towns in the New World ⓘ well-preserved example of an English colonial town plan ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Latin America ⓘ surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCOSiteId	983 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Main Island of Bermuda → hasHistoricalSite → Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications ⓘ

Main Island of Bermuda → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteOnIsland → Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications ⓘ

St. George’s, Bermuda → partOf → Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Heritage property "Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda"

St. George's Parish → heritageDesignation → Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications ⓘ

subject surface form: Town of St. George