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City Hall, Georgetown

Date de soumission : 15/11/1995
Critères: (i)
Catégorie : Culturel
Soumis par :
Guyana Commission for UNESCO
Coordonnées Georgetown , Guyana Long. 58°12'Lat. 6°50'
Ref.: 274

Les noms des biens figurent dans la langue dans laquelle les Etats parties les ont soumis.

This building has been described as one of the finest examples of Gothic Architecture in the Caribbean.

Built 1887 - 1889, the building is a translation in wood (with cast-iron colums) of what is described as "fancy dress" Gothic, complete with a steeply pitched roof, spire, pinnacles and ornamental wrought iron crenellation.

Dimensions - 27.1m long, 17.4m wide, 29.3m high.