10 Sights in Pointe-à-Pitre, France (with Map and Images)

The Church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul in Pointe-à-Pitre is a Roman Catholic church located in Place Gourbeyre in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Although it has never been consecrated, the church is locally called a "cathedral". In 1978, the building was classified as a historical monument and in 2021 benefited from the annual edition of the Heritage Lottery as a priority site.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Pointe-à-Pitre (FR)

The Darboussier sugar factory is a former sugar factory in the commune of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. It is located on the edge of the bay of the port. Its name comes from its location where the colonial plantation of a French trader, Jean Darboussier, was located.

Wikipedia: Usine sucrière Darboussier (FR)

The birthplace of Saint-John-Perse was a residential building located at 54, rue Achille-René-Boisneuf – formerly rue d'Arbaud – in Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe. Built around 1850-1860, it was the birthplace and childhood of the French writer and poet Alexis Leger, known as Saint-John Perse.

Wikipedia: Maison natale de Saint-John-Perse (FR)

The harbour master's office of the port of Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe is located on Quai Lardenoy at the entrance to the dock. Built in 1930 by the architect Ali Tur, it was listed as a historical monument in 2013.

Wikipedia: Capitainerie de Pointe-à-Pitre (FR)

The Pointe-à-Pitre Central Market — also known as the Spice Market or the Saint-Antoine Market — is a municipal building located in the historic district of Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe since its erection in 1874.

Wikipedia: Marché central de Pointe-à-Pitre (FR)

The Pavillon L'Herminier is a building located at the corner of rue Sadi-Carnot and rue Jean-Jaurès in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Built around 1873 for the Guadeloupe Chamber of Agriculture, it became the L'Herminier Museum in the twentieth century, and was listed as a historical monument in 2008.

Wikipedia: Pavillon L'Herminier (FR)

The Bébian nursery school – formerly the Mortenol library – is a building located at 7bis, rue Alsace-Lorraine at the corner of rue Bébian in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Built in 1930, it was listed as a historical monument in 1979.

Wikipedia: École maternelle Bébian (FR)

The former presbytery of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul is a building built in the nineteenth century, located between the Place de la Victoire and the Place de l'Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, in the city center of Pointe-à-Pitre, sub-prefecture of Guadeloupe.

Wikipedia: Ancien presbytère Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (FR)

The former Darboussier warehouse is a goods warehouse located on Quai Lefebvre in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Built around 1870 for the Darboussier sugar factory, it was listed as a historical monument in 2008.

Wikipedia: Ancien entrepôt Darboussier (FR)

The Saint-John-Perse Museum is a municipal museum located in the historic district of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. It houses a permanent exhibition on Creole costumes and on the poet and diplomat Saint-John Perse, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960.

Wikipedia: Musée Saint-John Perse (FR)