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Nidhe Israel Synagogue, Andromeda Botanic Gardens, South Point Lighthouse and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Barbados and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets.
Former Conservative synagogue in Bridgetown, Barbados
The only synagogue in Barbados, home of a Conservative Jewish congregation, on Synagogue Lane in Bridgetown. Bordered by Pinfold, Coleridge and James streets and the wider Magazine Lane, it belongs to the Synagogue Historic District.
Photo: NYC2TLV, CC BY-SA 3.0
Botanical garden in Saint Joseph, Barbados
An organic botanical garden of 8-acre (3.2 ha) and a historic attraction in the village of Bathsheba, Saint Joseph, Barbados, created by Iris Bannochie, a Barbadian horticulturalist, self-taught scientist and winner of many awards.
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Lighthouse in Barbados
A lighthouse on the south coast of Barbados, 89 feet (27 m) tall.
Photo: gemteck1 from Seattle, Washington, USA, CC BY 2.0
Lighthouse
A lighthouse at the far eastern tip of Barbados, by the village of Ragged Point in Saint Philip parish.
Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lighthouse
A lighthouse on the southwest coast of Barbados.
Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mosque in Bridgetown, Barbados
Also called the Jumma Mosque, a mosque in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY 4.0
Monument to slave Bussa in Barbados
A public statue standing for the "breaking of the chains" of slavery at Emancipation, east of Bridgetown, Barbados, in the middle of the J.T.C. Ramsay roundabout, where Highway 5 and the ABC Highway meet.
Photo: Dogfacebob, CC0
Official residence in St. Michael, Barbados
The official home and office of the president of Barbados. Built in 1702, in colonial times, it was a Quaker plantation until the imperial government bought it to take the place of the Bagatelle Great House in the Parish of St Thomas.
Photo: CaribDigita, CC0
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Sea cave in Barbados
The one sea cave on Barbados that can be visited, under the cliffs at North Point, St. Lucy.
Photo: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK, CC BY 2.0
Lighthouse
A lighthouse in Saint Lucy, the northern parish of Barbados.
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0
An island nation of the Caribbean Sea, in the West Indies' Lesser Antilles, the most southerly and easterly island of the Caribbean. It sits on the boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates.
Officially Barbados.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
This guide lists 10: Nidhe Israel Synagogue, Andromeda Botanic Gardens, South Point Lighthouse and Ragged Point Lighthouse and others.
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Barbados that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
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