Fort-de-France Cathedral
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Fort-de-France Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Fort-de-France) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Fort-de-France, capital of Martinique. The architect was the Parisian Pierre-Henri Picq. This is the seventh church to have stood on the site, and although Picq had been commissioned to build a structure that could survive Martinique's plagues of fire, hurricanes and earthquakes, he built it entirely out of wood.
Picq also designed the Schoelcher Library, an iron and glass structure in Fort-de-France that honors Victor Schoelcher who donated his personal library of 10,000 books to provide the foundation of the library, but who is better known for his role in ending slavery in Martinique.
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Coordinates: 14°36′15″N 61°4′12″W / 14.60417°N 61.07°W
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