LOCATION FILE
Lopinot Historical Complex
FOLLOWLopinot, Tunapuna-Piarco
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Charles Joseph, Comte de Lopinot, a French planter who fled Saint-Domingue during the Haitian Revolution, established a cocoa estate in this valley in 1806 using enslaved labour. The restored estate house is a museum, and the valley is a centre of parang music.
HISTORY
Lopinot and his wife are buried on the estate. The community that grew there descends in part from the people he enslaved.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
The estate is reported as haunted by the Count, and the valley features heavily in Trinidadian folklore more broadly — La Diablesse, the douens and Papa Bois are told of the forests here. The folklore is culturally significant and well documented as folklore.
VISITING
Open to visitors; the museum and grounds are free to enter.
SITE PLAN
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
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