Georgetown Cenotaph
The Georgetown Cenotaph is a war memorial in Georgetown, Guyana, located at the junction of Main and Church Streets.- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Georgetown, Guyana
- Also known as: “The Cenotaph”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Guyana National Museum and St. George’s Cathedral.
Guyana National Museum
Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Guyana National Museum is a museum in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. It was established on 13 February 1868. Many of the museum's artifacts have been there for more than fifty years, like the Pork-knocker, which has been on display for over sixty years.
St. George’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana. The church is of Gothic Revival timber construction and reaches a height of 43.5 metres. St. George’s Cathedral is situated 200 metres southeast of Georgetown Cenotaph.
Georgetown City Hall
Town hall
Photo: JukoFF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown City Hall is a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival building located on the corner of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown, Guyana. Georgetown City Hall is situated 280 metres south of Georgetown Cenotaph.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stabroek and Providence.
Stabroek
Neighborhood
Stabroek is a ward in the centre of Georgetown, Guyana, having previously been the old name of the wider city itself, between 1784 and 1812.
Providence
Hamlet
Providence is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, on the east bank of the Demerara River, located at, altitude 1 metre. Providence is approximately 10 kilometres south of the capital, Georgetown. Providence is situated 6 km south of Georgetown Cenotaph.
Plaisance
Town
Plaisance is a village in Guyana between Better Hope and Goedverwagting. It was purchased by freed slaves from cattle farmer A J Watershodt for $39,000 after the abolition of slavery in 1838. Plaisance is situated 8 km east of Georgetown Cenotaph.
Georgetown Cenotaph
- Category: historic site
- Location: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America
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Latitude
6.81362° or 6° 48′ 49″ northLongitude
-58.16514° or 58° 9′ 55″ westOpen location code
68R3RR7M+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 683576569OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q5546975
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Georgetown Cenotaph” goes by many names.
- French: “Cénotaphe de Georgetown”
- Russian: “Джорджтаунский кенотаф”
- Spanish: “Cenotafio de Georgetown”
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