Features
The features of the town include:
- The Royal Court House, seat of the States of Guernsey
- Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's house of exile, which is now a now a museum under the aegis of the city of Paris).
- The Town Church, the parish church of St Peter Port at the heart of the town
- St Peter Port Harbour
- Castle Cornet, the historic fortress that guarded the strategic entrance to the port. The castle was formerly a tidal island, but since 1859 a breakwater has connected it to the enlarged harbour.
- Elizabeth College founded in 1563 by Elizabeth I of England. The main building (built 1826) is a prominent feature of the skyline.
- The market, the Arcade, the High Street and the Pollet, which are all part of the shopping district
- The Guernsey Aquarium, situated in fortified tunnels built by the Nazis during the German Occupation.
- Footes Lane
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