Tourism Guide Le Lorrain en Martinique
Important pre-Columbian site located north of Martinique, Le Lorrain faces the Atlantic Ocean This common, with wild coastlines, cliffs and black sand beaches, is surrounded by banana plantations and features a landscape with lush and fertile vegetation. A real attraction for nature lovers.
History
Nestled deep in a cove not protected from the wind, Le Lorrain, was originally called the Grande-Anse.
Archaeological excavations at the sites of Vivé Fund and Brule have revealed the presence of Arawaks around the first millennium.
Subsequently, the Caribbean settled in Lorraine before being hunted and exterminated by the French colonists in 1658.
Lorrain was erected into a parish in 1680 and its first church was built in 1743.
During the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries, Le Lorrain experienced a boom thanks to the cultivation of sugar cane and tobacco. It was reputed to be the richest municipality with high agricultural production of the island where many slaves worked. However, the bloody insurrection of the mulattoes in Le Lorrain at Christmas 1833, marked the minds and helped to awaken liberal and abolitionist ideas.
In 1874, Le Lorrain officially became a town and abandoned the name of Grande Anse in favor of one of its first inhabitants.
Since the departmentalization in 1946, Le Lorrain caused many departures.
Since then, the banana cultivation has become the mainstay of the town. The banana plantations occupy half of its territory and make the Lorrain "Kingdom of the Banana."
To see / To do
Culinary wonders: in Morne-Bois, a cane mill manufactures, in a traditional way, cane syrup (juice concentrate, sugar cane) and cassava flour to make Kassav (cassava pancakes).
The Martinique House of Dolls has a collection of 150 Creole dolls .
1914–18 War Memorial : it is a statue of a soldier in a blue uniform and protected by his guardian angel. Author : Bérengère© |
