St Peter Port
St Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, as well as the main port of the island. In French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port.
Features
The features of the town include:
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- The Royal Court House, seat of the Bailiwick's government
- Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's house of exile (now a museum run by the city of Paris)
- The Town Church, the parish church of St Peter Port at the heart of the town
- St Peter Port Harbour
- Castle Cornet, the historic fortress that guarded the strategic entrance to the port. The castle was formerly a tidal island but it is now joined by a breakwater to the enlarged harbour.
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