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This is the Parish Council in
the Square in Spanish Town. It houses the Mayor's Parlour
and several government offices. The Town Council meets
weekly to decide on matters in this town. You are looking
directly at History - this is one of Jamaica's most
important buildings. Here His Worship, Dr. Andrew Wheatley,
Mayor of this city receives citizens, ambassadors and people
from all over the world. The Secretary/Manager is Mr.
Michael Morris who oversees the decisions made in this town. |
This
building which houses the Parish Council, boasts some of the
most impressive architecture. Note the Post and Lintel
architecture, coupled with the Gothic Arches.
If
you want to have an event, a wedding, a celebration, or
simply sit in the park, we invite you to come home and have
it here in the Park in the Square.
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| This is
Emancipation Square in Spanish Town - come take a walk and
live history. |
If you want to have an event,
a wedding, a celebration, or simply sit in the park, we
invite you to come home and have it here in the Park in
the Square. |
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Spanish
Town Iron Bridge, which spans the Rio Cobre river at the
eastern end of Spanish Town, can be seen from the bridge
that is currently being used. The abutment of the bridge
is constructed with cut stone while the bridge is cast
iron. It is about 81ft long and 15ft wide.
This
bridge, erected in 1801, at a cost of four thousand pounds
is the oldest bridge of its kind in the Western
Hemisphere. |
The Spanish Town
Cathedral, also known as the St. Catherine Parish Church,
was built in the second half of the seventeenth century.
After the conquest of Jamaica by the British in 1655, the
British destroyed the original Catholic Church and
replaced it with the Anglican Church, which is now the St.
Catherine Parish Church or the Spanish Town Cathedral. |
