Across from National Heroes Square lies the Parliament Buildings of Bridgetown. The Victorian buildings were built around 1870 to provide an office for the Barbados legislature, and the modern Barbadian Parliament still meets there today. Stained-glass windows commemorate British rulers from James I to Queen Victoria. Visiting the Parliament is free, though donations are welcome. Tours take place weekdays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., when Parliament isn't in session.
Parliament Buildings
Trafalgar Street
Bridgetown, Barbados
+246-436-4143
National Heroes Square lies across the street from Barbados' Parliament Buildings and marks the center of Bridgetown. The most notable monument in the square honors Lord Horatio Nelson. Nelson was only in Barbados for a brief time in 1777, but his monument here is older than its more famous counterpart---Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London---by about 36 years. In addition to Nelson's monument, National Heroes Square also features the Cenotaph War Memorial, built in 1925 to commemorate Barbadians who died in World War I. Another monument commemorates running water in Barbados.
National Heroes Square
Broad and Palmetto streets
Bridgetown, Barbados
Karl Brodhagen---one of Barbados' most famous sculptors---made this statue, located in southern Barbados. The statue depicts a slave whose raised hands feature broken shackles on each wrist. Commonly referred to a the Bussa statue, it is named after Bussa, who led the first Barbadian slave rebellion in 1816. The Bussa statue, built in 1985, commemorates the emancipation of slaves in Barbados in 1834.
Saint Barnabas Roundabout
Intersection of ABC Highway and Highway 5
Haggat Hall
Saint Michael, Barbados
