Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 31: The drying house of the Jumécourt colonial sugar estate at Latremblay, near Croix-des-Bouquets
Summary: The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 31, of 1 March 2013. The issue covers The drying house of the Jumécourt colonial sugar estate at Latremblay, near Croix-des-Bouquets. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 6 pages.
Key Findings
- The issue documents the ruins of the Jumecourt colonial sugar estate at Latremblay near Croix-des-Bouquets.
- ISPAN presents the site as an important witness to the technical and aesthetic ingenuity of Saint-Domingue sugar production.
- The article describes a narrow elevated plateau with coherent ruins adapted to the topography, including aqueduct, animal mill, water mill, drying house, sugar-boiling house base, support walls and foundations of the great house.
- It situates the estate within the eighteenth-century economy and technology of Saint-Domingue sugar plantations.
- The issue also reports Monique Rocourt's appointment as ISPAN Director General and her heritage background, including work on the National History Park Citadelle, Sans-Souci, Ramiers.
- A chronicle notes the return of the Bulletin de l'ISPAN to internet distribution after more than a year of interruption.
Full Description
The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 31, of 1 March 2013. The issue covers The drying house of the Jumécourt colonial sugar estate at Latremblay, near Croix-des-Bouquets. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 6 pages.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2013, Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 31: The drying house of the Jumécourt colonial sugar estate at Latremblay, near Croix-des-Bouquets, https://www.dloc.com/AA00065766/00037