State House

The place where Bermuda began is very special in the hearts and minds of our people. St. George’s is Bermuda’s first town and the first seat of government, founded in 1612 by the first Governor, Richard Moore. The town, one of the first English towns of the British Empire and the earliest one to remain continuously occupied to the present day, maintains its traditional street pattern and contains many pre-1800 buildings. Among its landmarks are the State House (1620, rebuilt 1970), St. Peter’s Church (from 1713) which occupies the site of the first church in Bermuda and which contains a nationally significant burial ground and artifacts, the Globe Hotel (1700), now a museum, and the Tucker House (1752), a classic example of a house situated over a commercial ground floor. The streets of St. George’s contain many other places of interest. In 2000 the Town and its related fortifications were inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Globe Hotel

Tucker House

St. Peter's Church

• Building Features
• St. Georges
• Hamilton
• Royal Naval Dockyard
• Forts
• Places of Worship
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