Theatre of Saint-Pierre

Interesting history

We visited as part of a cruise tour. The area is well-labeled with signs, and the history is clear. To get there, you need to climb some cobblestone steps, which can be quite slick when wet.

Not world class ruin but worth a visit

Our Martinique island tour stopped briefly here to pay our respects to the 30,000 people that were buried by Mount Pelee's catastrophic pyroclastic outflows and to see what was left of this once beaut...

This used to be a beautiful theatre

The theatre was huge and a lot of people came here. They were playing and everyone in the audience were listening carefully. All of a sudden the volcano destroyed the theatre and the people inside...

Beautiful Warning

I visited on a tour of Fort-de-France, Saint-Pierre and other locales. It was heartbreaking to hear the story of the volcanic eruption.If only the officials had listened to the warnings. The image of ...

Worth a look!

A well preserved and maintained ruin ... A welcome break from a city which is a little triste & little unkempt ...