Spanish Town Visit and History
The other prominent places to visit are the St Catherine Parish Church, Rodney’s Memorial, the Spanish Town Cast Iron Bridge and People’s Museum of Craft and Technology. The Parish Church was built in the early 1500 as a Roman Catholic Church. The Church was destroyed a century later to be rebuilt in early 1700. It is famous for an old pipe organ and stained glass windows. The Rodney’s Memorial depicts him as a Roman Emperor with a gun on either side. The cast iron bridge over the river Rio Cobre was built in 1801 and is being used by pedestrians even today, an example of fine metal work of the age.
The Spanish Town is known for its rich heritage and one can easily see all the epochs at one single place, the People’s Museum of Craft and Technology. The relics from the past, including those of the slave era, can be seen on display here. The Georgian Antique Square would let you drool over those exquisite pieces fit for Sotheby’s auction. The Spanish town is not all antique and history. The town boasts the finest 18 hole golf course of Jamaica in Caymanas Golf & Country Club just about six miles from the town. Spanish Town, a place where the antiquity hobnobs with modernity, beckons you to take a sip of its offerings.