Fort Matthew
Fort Matthew is a fortification in Saint George Parish in Grenada. It was constructed between 1784 and 1790. The fort sits atop Richmond hill just like the neighbouring fort of Fort Frederick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Frederick and Richmond Hill Prison.
Fort Frederick
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Frederick is a fortification in Saint George's Parish in Grenada, constructed in 1779. Fort Frederick is situated 830 feet south of Fort Matthew.
Richmond Hill Prison
Prison
Richmond Hill Prison is a prison in Saint George's, the capital of Grenada. Known officially as His Majesty's Prison, it is run by the Ministry of National Security. Richmond Hill Prison is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Fort Matthew.
Grenada National Museum
Museum
Photo: Annelis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grenada National Museum is a museum in St. George's, Grenada. It is housed in a complex of several buildings, the oldest of which may have served as a French barracks from 1704. Grenada National Museum is situated 1 mile west of Fort Matthew.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morne Jaloux and St. George’s.
Morne Jaloux
Village
Morne Jaloux is a town in Saint George Parish, Grenada. It is located at the southern end of the island. The area was owned by a man called Louis Cazot La Grenade who might have originally been from Martinique.
St. George’s
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St George's is the capital and largest town of Grenada in the Caribbean. It's within St George parish, which in 2019 had a population of 35,559, but that includes the tourist strip of Grand Anse, separately described.
Grand Anse
Grand Anse is the tourist centre of the island of Grenada, with a classic Caribbean vista of palm-lined beach. It's in the southwest of the island, just south of the capital St. George's, and stretches out to the airport.
Fort Matthew
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fort in St. George’s, Grenada
- Categories: fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Saint George Parish, Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
12.05013° or 12° 3′ 1″ northLongitude
-61.73807° or 61° 44′ 17″ westElevation
561 feet (171 metres)Open location code
774W3726+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 234434348OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3580107Wikidata ID
Q65129459
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In Other Languages
From French to Tatar—“Fort Matthew” goes by many names.
- French: “fort Matthew”
- French: “Fort Matthew”
- Tatar: “Мэттью кальгасы”
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