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Citadelle Laferrière

A huge mountaintop fortress built by formerly enslaved people after the Haitian Revolution, among the Americas' great monuments.

Photo: Rémi Kaupp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Best Time to Go
Dec–Apr
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Our full guide to Citadelle Laferrière is being written. It's on the Haiti list as Must-See and North America list as If You're Nearby.

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