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GRANDE TERRE
- Abymes
- Anse Bertrand
- Gosier
- Moule
- Morne a l'eau
- Petit Canal
- Pointe a Pitre
- Port Louis
- Sainte Anne
- Saint Francois
BASSE TERRE
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The Old town of Pointe-à-Pitre is a pole of commercial activity, limited in the west by the mangrove and the Salted River, and in the east by the Commune des Abymes, in the south-east by the Marina. The vibrating animation of the Pointe-à-Pitre mornings or the streets on Sunday, offers you a multitude of subjects of interest, curiosities and of astonishing scenes : the Frébault, de Nozières and Schoelcher streets with their shops where craftsmen and salesmen work; the Saint-Antoine Market, with its coloured fruit mountains, its spice perfumes and the jovial smile of the saleswomen; the church Saint Pierre and Saint Paul built in 1849 with its imposing frontage and its beautiful stained-glasses. In the streets of the town centre you can find beautiful alignments of creole houses with balcony (Peynier, Schoelcher, Jean Jaurès, Nassau streets ...) and in the Achille Rene Boisneuf street that stand the Saint John Perse native house and the very remarkable old Town-hall inaugurated in 1885.