From the well-populated plains bordering Kingston, St. Catherine ascends towards the North Coast through the luxuriantly forested, often mist-covered Bog Walk River Gorge and towards the South Coast. Jamaica’s capital under the Spanish colonisers, Villa de la Vega or Spanish Town, later became the seat of British colonial authority from imposing Kings House flanked by The Courthouse and Rodney’s Memorial, erected to celebrate his victorious defence of the island against the French. The House of Assembly completed the scheme of grand edifices in an impressive square

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