Port Royal
Kingston
Jamaica
2 Postcards
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Port Royal invites you to dive into its swashbuckling past, where submerged treasures and crumbling pirate relics tell tales of the wickedest city ever.
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2 Postcards
Port Royal invites you to dive into its swashbuckling past, where submerged treasures and crumbling pirate relics tell tales of the wickedest city ever.
Jamaica Get directions
"Explore a Wicked Pirate City Port Royal, once known as the wickedest city on earth and the Sodom of the New World, revels in its pirate past. Theonce-great city, now a fishing port, was at its height in the 1600s, when numerous brothels and drinking establishments thrived on pirates' plundered gold.In 1692, the effects of an earthquakesubmerged partofthe port, a tragedy that has actually preservedthe townfrom being torn down or built over. Entire buildings and streets are clearly visible just beneath the water. The town that remains on dry landoffers visitors fascinating archaeological sites to explore, includingfortified walls, cannons, andcrumblingbuildings."
"Explore a Wicked Pirate City Port Royal, once known as the wickedest city on earth and the Sodom of the New World, revels in its pirate past. Theonce-great city, now a fishing port, was at its height in the 1600s, when numerous brothels and drinking establishments thrived on pirates' plundered gold.In 1692, the effects of an earthquakesubmerged partofthe port, a tragedy that has actually preservedthe townfrom being torn down or built over. Entire buildings and streets are clearly visible just beneath the water. The town that remains on dry landoffers visitors fascinating archaeological sites to explore, includingfortified walls, cannons, andcrumblingbuildings."
