Architecture

The traditional architecture is characterized by the creole houses, marvelously adapted to a sunny and humid climate.

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The differences between a creole house and the others are due to its original decorations such as the sharp roofs, geometric glass panes of the balconies, hand rails made of worked metal, the frieze of the canopy. Another characteristics is the common structure of the veranda or balcony, this long corridor with or without glass panes made up a kind on interior greenhouse with plants in pots all along the side of the house.

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