After Mount Pelée on the island of Martinique erupted in 1902, the following pyroclastic flows destroyed the city of St. Pierre and killed 30,000 people. Some 40 tourists were in the vicinity of ...

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Climbing Mount Pelée Besides its rich cultural heritage, Martinique is also home to a natural jewel that was listed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023: Mount Pelée.

The fearful loss of life at Martinique and the suddenness of the destruction seem mysterious to most people, and are scareely to be accounted for by any of the text books relating to volcanic ...

The eruption of Mount Pelee on the Caribbean island of Martinique in 1902 unleashed a deadly pyroclastic flow that obliterated the town of Saint-Pierre, killing approximately 30,000 people in a ...

The impact of the volcano is preserved in what’s perhaps the world’s most famous archaeological site, Pompeii. The once-prosperous Roman city, located at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius, was ...

Like many Caribbean islands, Martinique has a dark history of using slaves from Africa to work the sugar-cane farms – a practice that was not definitively abolished here until 1848.

Benjamin Parker Tuesday 19 September 2023 16:05 BST 0 Comments Martinique’s Mount Pelee is home to globally threatened species (Getty Images/iStockphoto) ...

The city of Nimes has welcomed the inscription onto the Unesco World Heritage List of its iconic Maison Carrée, a Roman temple built in the first century CE. The addition to the list is expected ...

It was announced on Saturday, September 17, that Mount Pelée and the peaks of northern Martinique had also been added to the prestigious list. This recognition has long been a goal of the city of ...