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The first
settlement in Barbados, Holetown, was originally named
Jamestown, after its benefactor, King James I of England. The
Holetown Monument (in picture) commemorates the first English
landing in Barbados in 1625.
It
acquired the name "Holetown" because of the off loading and
cleaning of ships in the very small channel located within
the immediate vicinity of the town. Holetown is the site
of the annual Holetown
Festival, a colourful local festival of crafts, music,
and historical parades!
To see this and other interesting places in Barbados, take a Barbados island tour!
Other Barbados attractions and points of interest within 1 mile of Holetown
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