onsdag 29. august 2018

Bermuda - St. Peter's Church, in St. George's

Postcard St. Peter's Church, in St. George's

Their Majesties ChappellSt. Peter's Church, in St. George'sBermuda, is the oldest surviving Anglican church in continuous use outside the British Isles. It is also reportedly the oldest continuously used Protestant church in the New World. A UNESCO World Heritage Site (together with related fortifications), St. George's Town is the oldest surviving English settlement in the New World, having been settled by the Virginia Company in 1612 (in the aftermath of the wrecking of its flagship, the Sea Venture, in Bermuda in 1609).