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'Gingerbread' style houses in Marigot, St Martin.

Many British colonist, builders and architects adapted prevailing Victorian fashions into homes far removed from ‘dear old England’.Nostalgia played a large part in colonial architecture around the world, from the Caribbean to Australia and NewZealand

In the Caribbean, the ‘Gingerbread’ house – All lacy fretwork verandas, barge-boards and railings – became the traditional style.

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Uploaded on February 6, 2011
Taken on January 25, 2011