Champs de Mars
Champs de Mars is a race track in Mauritius. Champs de Mars is situated nearby to the sports venue Champ de Mars Racecourse, as well as near the church St. Louis Cathedral, Port-Louis.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Champ de Mars Racecourse and Aapravasi Ghat.
Champ de Mars Racecourse
Sports venue
Photo: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Champ de Mars Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse race track in Port Louis, Mauritius. The Racecourse was inaugurated on 25 June 1812, by The Mauritius Turf Club which was founded earlier the same year by Edward Alured Draper, who served in different…
Aapravasi Ghat
Protected area
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Aapravasi Ghat is a building complex located in Port Louis, Mauritius, the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, labour workforce from many countries. Aapravasi Ghat is situated 1½ km northwest of Champs de Mars.
St. Louis Cathedral, Port-Louis
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Louis and Caudan Waterfront.
Port Louis
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Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius, and with around 150,000 inhabitants the island nation's most populous city. Sitting in a bay surrounded by mountains, Port Louis is a lively and modern city also with charming districts from colonial times.
Caudan Waterfront
Quarter
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Le Caudan Waterfront is a commercial development in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius. It includes shops, banking facilities, casinos, cinemas, restaurants, a marina and a five star hotel.
Sainte-Croix
Suburb
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Sainte-Croix is a suburb of the capital city, Port Louis, in Mauritius, an independent island in the Indian Ocean. It is most famous for its association with the Roman Catholic beatus Jacques-Désiré Laval, who worked in Sainte-Croix as a missionary from 1841 until his death in 1864. Sainte-Croix is situated 3 km northeast of Champs de Mars.
Champs de Mars
- Type: Race track
- Category: sports location
- Location: Mauritius, East African Islands, Africa
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Latitude
-20.16895° or 20° 10′ 8″ southLongitude
57.51031° or 57° 30′ 37″ eastElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
5HFVRGJ6+C4GeoNames ID
8533113
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