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The Cathederal of the Immaculate Conception

Right next to Derek Walcott Square is one of the most important French-built religious buildings in the West Indies. Built during the 19th century of wrought iron, cast iron, and stone under the supervision of several generations of hard-working, long-suffering priests, it’s covered with an almost surreal mélange of French Catholic and West Indian iconography. Notice on one wall the frescoes commemorating the “Martyrs of Uganda” who were slaughtered by the forces of dictator Idi Amin.