Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known by its acronym, UNESCO, added a second heritage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UNESCO just added Port Royal to its World Heritage Site list for its deep cultural and historical importance to Jamaica and the ...

First Port Royal was known as “the wickedest city on earth,” a mecca for pirates, privateers, and prostitutes who enjoyed the spoils of this thriving coastal town in Jamaica. After the earthquake of ...

The town of Port Royal is situated on a spit of land (Palisadoes) at the mouth of Kingston Harbour in south-eastern Jamaica. In 1692, a severe earthquake devastated the town and submerged a large ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known by its acronym, UNESCO, added a second heritage site in Jamaica this week, at Port Royal. According to the Jamaica ...

A sunken building on Port Royal. Talk about a transformation. Formerly known as the "Wickedest City on Earth," the once pirate-controlled town of Port Royal, Jamaica, has been named a new UNESCO World ...