Trinidad and Tobago

Central America and the Caribbean

Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela.

"Together we aspire, together we achieve"		10.6768026N 61.355896W
President George Maxwell Richards	Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Capital

Port of Spain

Government

Parliamentary republic

 

Religion

Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9%.

Population

1,228,691

Ethnic group

Africans, Indians, Venezuelans, Spaniards, French Creoles, Portuguese, Chinese, Britons, Lebanese, Syrians, Caribs.

National Language                   

English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese.

          

National Day

31 August 1962 from the United Kingdom

Anthem

Forged from the Love of Liberty

Currency

Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)

Attractions

Maracas Bay,  Pitch Lake,  Queen's Park Savannah,  Trinimall  

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Art & Cultural

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Stollmeyer's Castle Stollmeyer's Castle is a historic house located in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The landmark is part of a group of historic buildings known as the "Magnificent Nine" that are found in Queen's Park West. Stollmeyer's Castle was built as a retirement home for Charles Fourier Stollmeyer, an immigrant from the United States and supervisor for an asphalt company. The house was constructed from 1902 to 1904 on the site of a former government stock farm.     The castle was designed by a Scottish architect, Robert Gillies. It is believed that the house was designed to look similar to the Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The house was made with imported brick and a limestone trim.     Charles Fourier Stollmeyer and his wife did not live in Stollmeyer's Castle because she did not approve of the elaborate style of the house. Stollmeyer's son, Conrad C. Stollmeyer, lived in the house with his wife, who named the home "Killarney."     In the 1940s, the U.S. military used the home for its operations. The Stollmeyer home was given the name "Stollmeyer's Castle" by American military forces because of its similarity to a fortress.     After Conrad Stollmeyer and his wife died, their son, Dr. John Stollmeyer, inherited the house. In 1971, he opened the house to the public. Dr. Stollmeyer sold Stollmeyer's Castle in 1972 to insurance executive, Jesse Henry A Mahabir, and the building was used as a residence afterward. In 1979, the building was sold to Trinidad and Tobago's government.