architecture
St John’s Cathedral, Belize City
Red brick, a low grey roof and one square tower distinguish Belize City’s Anglican cathedral.
The story behind the place
St John’s Cathedral was built in Belize City from bricks brought from England in the early nineteenth century. The Belize Tourism Board also records coronations of four Miskito kings here between 1815 and 1845. Those ceremonies place the building within a wider Caribbean history of religion, diplomacy and colonial power. Its modest brick exterior gives that complicated past a very different setting from a grand stone cathedral with soaring spires.
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- St John’s Cathedral, Belize CityBelize Tourism Board
