Barbados

One of the oldest Jewish synagogues in the Americas, founded around 1654 by a Sephardi Jewish community arriving from Recife, Brazil. The name Nidhe Israel means the scattered of Israel. The current building was reconstructed on the original foundation in 1833 after a devastating hurricane in 1831, and restored from 1986 to 1987, alongside a cemetery with graves dating back to 1658 and a 17th-century ritual mikveh uncovered in 2008. The synagogue stands within Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2011.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, 2011)Synagogue Lane, Bridgetown, Saint Michael

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The Anglican cathedral of the Diocese of Barbados situated on St. Michael's Row within the UNESCO World Heritage site of Historic Bridgetown, established on this site in 1660 to 1665 (where young George Washington worshiped in 1751), rebuilt in white coral limestone between 1784 and 1789 after the Great Hurricane of 1780, and elevated to cathedral rank in 1825, famed for its column-free cedar barrel vault and John Bacon's marble baptismal font.

Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Barbados and component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site 'Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison' (inscribed June 25, 2011, Ref. 1376)St. Michael's Row, central Bridgetown, Parish of Saint Michael, Barbados

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The mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown standing on Jemmott's Lane within the UNESCO World Heritage precinct of Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, originally founded in 1848 by Irish Catholic soldiers of the British garrison, rebuilt in Gothic Revival style with white coral limestone and red brick trim between 1899 and 1903 after the fire of June 26, 1897, and elevated to cathedral rank in 1970.

Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown (elevated March 7, 1970) and Component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, inscribed June 25, 2011, Ref. 1376)Jemmott's Lane and Bay Street, Bridgetown, Parish of Saint Michael, Barbados

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The oldest consecrated Christian site on the island of Barbados, known affectionately as God's Acre beside the Caribbean Sea in historic Holetown where the first English settlers landed in 1627, originally built of timber in 1628, rebuilt in coral stone in 1693 and enlarged in 1874, preserving the famous 1696 bronze bell inscribed 'God Bless King William, 1696' that predates the American Liberty Bell by over fifty years.

Oldest Consecrated Christian Site in Barbados (God's Acre, founded 1628) and Grade I National Historic Landmark of BarbadosChurch Point, Highway 1, Holetown (formerly Jamestown), Parish of Saint James, West Coast, Barbados

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A dramatic Gothic Revival coral-limestone church perched 240 meters above sea level on the edge of Hackleton's Cliff overlooking the Atlantic East Coast of Barbados, founded around 1645 and rebuilt in 1836 to 1838 after the Great Hurricane of 1831, world-renowned for its twin curving mahogany staircases, a marble relief by Sir Richard Westmacott, and the churchyard tomb of Ferdinando Paleologus (d. 1678), descendant of the last Christian Byzantine Emperors of Constantinople.

Premier National Architectural Landmark of Barbados and Masterpiece of 19th-Century Caribbean Gothic Revival ArchitectureHackleton's Cliff (Glebe Land), overlooking the Atlantic East Coast, Parish of Saint John, Barbados

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