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By the late seventeenth century, sugar-rich Barbados had become one of the most important of Britain's overseas possessions. To protect against possible invasion, defensive forts were erected along the calm south and west coasts, with the biggest of them protecting Carlisle Bay and the capital, Bridgetown. In 1705, work was begun on a major land fort near the capital, known as St Ann's Fort and designed to offer back-up protection. By 1780, as Barbados developed, the British decided to make the island the regional centre for their West Indian troops, and more and more army

buildings were put up around the fort.Today, this part of the city's outer zone, just a couple of kilometres south of the centre, is known as the Garrison area . Chock-full of superb Georgian architecture, it remains one of Bridgetown's most evocative districts. It retains the most attractive of the island's colonial military buildings including, in a restored jail, the Barbados Museum . A short walk from the museum, the Barbados Gallery of Art merits a quick visit.

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  Barbados's west coast (also known as the "platinum coast") is a fringe of bays and coves along the sheltered, Caribbean side of the island. - Barbados
  

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  With a gorgeous location beside the white-sand beaches of Carlisle Bay, busy Bridgetown is the capital and only city of Barbados. - Barbados
  

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  The southwestern parish known as Christ Church , the birthplace of tourism in Barbados, is dominated by the trappings of the holiday industry. - Barbados
  

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  For many, the rugged, little-explored east coast is the most beautiful part of Barbados. - Barbados
  

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  North of the city, and just above the Kensington Oval cricket ground, the Spring Garden Highway heads up along the west coast, skirting the beach almost all the way to historic Speightstown in the far northwest. - Barbados
  

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  Don't expect dramatic topographical change as you head into the interior of Barbados ; the landscape of the central parishes of St George and St Thomas is almost uniformly flat or gently rolling - perfect for the sugar crop that's been under cultivation here for almost four centuries. - Barbados
  

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  The north of Barbados is the most rugged and least visited part of the island, but nonetheless offers an excellent variety of places to explore. - Barbados
  

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  By the late seventeenth century, sugar-rich Barbados had become one of the most important of Britain's overseas possessions. - Barbados