Sans-Souci Palace
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The Palace of Sans-Souci, or Sans-Souci Palace, was the principal royal residence of Henry I, King of Haiti, better known as Henri Christophe. It is located in the commune of Milot, approximately five
Aerial view of the palace ruins
Sans-Souci Palace, National History Park, Haiti.
King Henri Christophe I by Richard Evans, c. 1816
Sans Souci. Castle of King Christopher of Haiti, lithograph by Gottfried Küstner (1800–1864) from a work by Carl Ritter, published in 1836.
Cap-Haïtien
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Cap-Haïtien is a commune of about 300,000 people on the north coast of Haiti and capital of the department of Nord. Previously named Cap‑Français and Cap‑Henri during the rule of Henri I, it was histo
Sans-Souci Palace
…by the king, as well as fifteen châteaux, numerous forts, and sprawling summer homes on his twenty plantations. The nearest airport and large city is Cap-Haïtien. Before the construction of Sans-Souci, Milot was a French plantation that Christophe managed for a period during the Haitian Revolution. Many of Henri…
View of Cap-Haïtien
The well-preserved Cathedral Notre-Dame of Cap‑Haïtien
A street scene in Cap‑Haïtien
Engraving of Cap-Français in 1728