Atlas Obscura
Saint John Anglican Cathedral in Belize City, Belize
In 1812 the British Crown felt the need to establish more control over what had been a community of pirates in then British Honduras, now known as Belize. So they constructed the first church in the territory using slave labour, local mahogany, and red bricks carried as ballast from England. Throughout its history the church would host the coronations of four indigenous Miskito kings from 1815…
Belizean artist who created a wooden dove sculpture.