Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
View of the Prince of Wales Bastion at Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
Location in Saint Kitts and Nevis Show map of Saint Kitts and Nevis Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (Caribbean) Show map of Caribbean
Location	Saint Thomas Middle Island Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Coordinates	17°20′49″N 62°50′14″W / 17.34694°N 62.83722°W / 17.34694; -62.83722
Established	1987
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference	910
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)
Area	15.37 ha (1,654,000 sq ft)
Website	www.brimstonehillfortress.org

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a well-preserved fortress on a hill on the island of St. Kitts in the Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean. It was designed by British military engineers, and was built and maintained by enslaved Africans. It is one of the best preserved historical fortifications in the Americas.

The complex of fortifications were constructed on Brimstone Hill, a very steeply sloping hill situated close to the sea on the Western, Caribbean coast of St. Kitts.