Bermuda 2009 - 400th Anniversary

“Bermuda’s history is a testament to the resourcefulness and resilience of the people who call Bermuda home...”
Message from Her Majesty, The Queen

“This upcoming year of celebration will be like none other...”
A letter from the Premier

Hamilton Intro Image

400 Year History

Cathedral of the Most
Holy Trinity

The City of Hamilton was founded in 1790 and became Bermuda’s capital city in 1815. Its extensive Front Street with upper-level verandahs facing the harbour give this cosmopolitan city a welcoming “home-town” feel. The imposing Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity (1886), a brilliant Gothic Revival essay in stone, still dominates the City owing to rigid controls on height and view sheds. Other notable buildings include the Sessions House, an 1820s structure with a fine Italianate tower and arcade from the 1880s, the Cabinet Office (1833), a pleasing neo-Classical pavilion set in a manicured lawn, and City Hall (1957) designed by Bermuda’s foremost vernacular revivalist, Wil Onions.


Sessions House

Cabinet Office

City Hall