Heritage Sites
Browse Heritage Sites of Guyana
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Mazaruni Prison Complex
Location: Mazaruni River, Essequibo Classification: Community Period/ Year Built: 1842-1843 Historical Background / Description: The Mazaruni Prison Complex is
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Monument of Hope
Location: Bartica, Essequibo Classification: Commemorative Monument Period/ Year Built: 2012 Historical Background / Description: The Monument of Hope is
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Bartica Centenary Monument
Location: Bartica, Essequibo Classification: Commemorative Monument Period/ Year Built: 1987 Historical Background / Description: The Bartica Centenary Monument is
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Bandstand (Bartica)
Location: Bartica, Essequibo Classification: Recreational Period/ Year Built: 1957 Historical Background / Description: The Bartica Bandstand is located on
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Cenotaph (Bartica)
Location: Bartica, Essequibo Classification: Commemorative Monument Period/ Year Built: Unknown, rededicated 2016 Historical Background / Description: The Cenotaph is
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Independence Arch (Bartica)
Location: Bartica, Essequibo Classification: Commemorative Monument Period/ Year Built: Circa 1990 Historical Background / Description: Bartica Independence Arch is
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Denham Suspension Bridge
Location: Garraway Stream, Essequibo Classification: Civil Infrastructure Period/ Year Built: 1933 Historical Background / Description: Denham Suspension Bridge is
Orinduik Falls
Location: Orinduik, Essequibo Classification: Natural Site Period/ Year Built: Not Applicable Historical Background / Description: Orinduik Falls, surrounded by
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Kanuku Mountains
Location: South-west Rupununi, Essequibo Classification: Natural Site Period/ Year Built: Not Applicable Historical Background / Description: The Kanuku Mountains
Shea Rock
Location: Shea, Rupununi Classification: Natural Site Period/ Year Built: Not Applicable Historical Background / Description: Shea Rock is a
Umana Yana (Konashen)
Location: Konashen, Essequibo Classification: Community Period/ Year Built: 2007 Historical Background / Description: The Konashen Umana Yana is situated
Rewa
Location: Rewa, Essequibo Classification: Indigenous Settlement Period/ Year Built: Unknown Historical Background / Description: Rewa is an Indigenous village
Iwokrama Rainforest
Location: Essequibo Classification: Natural Site Period/ Year Built: Not Applicable Historical Background / Description: Iwokrama Rainforest is located in
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Soesdyke /Linden Highway
Location: Ameila’s Ward, Linden Classification: Civil Infrastructure Period/ Year Built: 1968 Historical Background / Description: The Soesdyke/Linden Highway is
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Alumina Plant
Location: Mackenzie, Linden Classification: Industrial Period/ Year Built: 1961 Historical Background / Description: The Alumina Plant at the time
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Cenotaphs (Mackenzie)
Location: Mackenzie, Linden Classification: Commemorative Monuments Period/ Year Built: 1968 & 1980s Historical Background / Description: The town of
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Linden Museum of Industrial & Social-Cultural Heritage
Location: Mackenzie, Linden Classification: Community Period/ Year Built: 1925 Historical Background / Description: The Linden Museum of Industrial &
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Bauxite Plant (Bosai Minerals Group Guyana)
Location: Mackenzie, Linden Classification: Industrial Period/ Year Built: Circa 1917 Historical Background / Description: The Bauxite Plant, located on
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Watooka House
Location: Mackenzie, Linden Classification: Residential Period/ Year Built: Early 1900s Historical Background / Description: Watooka House commonly referred to
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Locomotives (Linden)
Location: Mackenzie, Linden Classification: Engineering Period/ Year Built: Unknown Historical Background / Description: During the Bauxite boom, locomotives (or
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Linden Hospital Complex
Location: Mackenzie, Linden Classification: Medical/Social Services Period/ Year Built: 1925 Historical Background / Description: The Linden Hospital Complex which
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Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge
Location: Mackenzie-Wismar, Linden Classification: Civil Infrastructure Period/ Year Built: 1967 Historical Background / Description: The Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge is the
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Blue Lakes and White Sands
Location: Wisroc, Linden Classification: Recreational Period/ year built: 20th century Historical Background / Description: The Blue Lakes and White
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Bauxite Centenary Arch
Location: Mackenzie, LindenClassification: Commemorative MonumentPeriod/ Year Built: 2016 Historical Background / Description:The Bauxite Centenary Arch is located on Casuarina
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Berbice Mounds
Location: Upper Berbice Classification: Archaeological Period/ Year Built: 5,000 BCE Historical Background / Description: The mounds of Berbice dates
Walter Rodney Tomb
Location: Werk-en-Rust, GeorgetownClassification: Commemorative MonumentPeriod/ Year Built: 2010 Dr Walter Rodney; a pioneering social advocate who became a voice