National Heroes Square — Attraction in Barbados

This is where I pick up my Taxi driver from for the area is allocated to Taxis. A nice area with a good ambience as it is regularly used for photo ops both by tourist and locals. One of its main attractions a Statue of Lord Nelson is no longer there and I believe if the Island removed Nelson he should have been replace with Mr Allan Emtage the first man to write the computer code to achieve search by indexing files, the precursor to the internet. I hope one day the destitution of the homeless in the area is tackled for its heart breaking to see fellow Islanders living in such poverty in the midst of a...

stopped by here on a food tour of downtown. -This monument is made for the 11 different "heros" of the country. From a former slave fighting for freedom, to the fathers of independence of barbados, and even Rihanna the singer who is from barbados. -Its right in front of the parliament buildings, and across from the draw bridge and independence square and arch. -Its a interesting monument, and i think...

Located in historical Bridgetown, the square is where the monument of the national heroes of past and present are located, was called Trafalgar Square in the past because of the British colonial heritage, the name change is more relevant today as the country has since moved...