French Cloisters, Paradise Island, 14th-century Augustinian monastery in Paradise Island, Bahamas
Located within Versailles Gardens, the French Cloisters features stone archways, intricate details, and traditional architectural elements from medieval France.
William Randolph Hearst dismantled the original monastery in France during the 1920s before Huntington Hartford reconstructed it on Paradise Island in the 1960s.
The French Cloisters represents the fusion of European religious architecture with Caribbean landscape, displaying medieval French craftsmanship in a tropical setting.
Visitors can access the French Cloisters through guided tours that explain the architectural details and history while exploring the surrounding Versailles Gardens.
The structure stands as the only authentic medieval European monastery in the Caribbean, relocated stone by stone from its original French location.
GPS coordinates: 25.08053,-77.31007
Latest update: March 4, 2025 08:44
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