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Le Morne Brabant

April 14, 2023

Le Morne Brabant [lə mɔʁn bʁa.bɑ̃] is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on the western side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous basaltic monolith with a summit 556 metres (1,824 ft) above sea level. The summit covers an area of over 12 hectares (30 acres). There are many caves and overhangs on the steep slopes. It is largely surrounded by a lagoon and is a well known tourist attraction. It is also a refuge for two rare plants, the Mandrinette and the Boucle d'Oreille.[citation needed] The peninsula of Le Morne benefits from a micro-climate.[citation needed] The mountain is named after the VOC-ship (Dutch East India Company) Brabant that ran aground there on 29 December 1783 on the cliffs.

Le Morne Cultural Landscape
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Le Morne Peninsula
LocationMauritius
CriteriaCultural: (iii), (vi)
Reference1259bis
Inscription2008 (32nd Session)
Extensions2011
Area3.496 km2 (863.9 acres)
Buffer zone24.05 km2 (5,942.9 acres)
Coordinates20°27′7″S 57°19′42″E / 20.45194°S 57.32833°E / -20.45194; 57.32833Coordinates: 20°27′7″S 57°19′42″E / 20.45194°S 57.32833°E / -20.45194; 57.32833
Location of Le Morne Brabant in Mauritius

Le Morne Brabant Mountain was submitted to the candidate list of the World Heritage Sites in 2003. In 2008, the nomination process concluded when UNESCO inscribed the site on the World Heritage List.[1]

Peninsula

 
View of the peninsula with Le Morne, as seen from one of the viewpoints of Ebony Forest Chamarel.

The peninsula is steeped in cultural myth and legend in the early 19th century as a suggested refuge for Maroons and people who escaped slavery. After the abolition of slavery in Mauritius, on 1 February 1835 it is rumored that a police expedition was dispatched there ostensibly to inform those who escaped slavery that emancipation had made them legally free men and women. The arrival of the police at the base of the mountain was (according to legend) misinterpreted by the former slaves who had scrambled to the summit (fearing that they were to be arrested and re-enslaved) and subsequently elected to leap to their deaths from the rock and die by suicide by landing in the ocean, rather than be recaptured back into slavery.[2] Since 1987 the date is celebrated (particularly by Mauritian creoles) as the Annual Commemoration of the Abolition of Slavery.[citation needed]

Le Morne has been declared a World Heritage Site. The monument includes an inscription of this extract from the poem "Le Morne Territoire Marron" by Richard Sedley Assonne; "There were hundreds of them, but my people the maroons chose the kiss of death over the chains of slavery."

Cultural and aesthetic impact

 
Le Morne Brabant mountain

Le Morne highlights the historical significance of slavery.

Further reading

  • Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Maurice, Rodrigues Le Petit futé. Country guide (Online) (in French)
  • Rosabelle Boswell: Le Malaise Créole: Ethnic Identity in Mauritius Berghahn Books, 2006. ISBN 1-84545-075-2

Notes

  1. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Le Morne Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  2. ^ "Slave Route Monument". Atlas Obscura.

External links

  •   Media related to Le Morne Brabant at Wikimedia Commons
  • Le Morne Cultural Landscape UNESCO Collection on Google Arts and Culture
  • UNESCO World Heritage Centre – Le Morne Brabant
  • Le Morne Heritage Trust Fund
  • (in French)


April 14, 2023
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