Remire-Montjoly: Coastal Landscape and Cultural Heritage

Remire-Montjoly brings together themes that appeal to different interests when choosing a place to stay: coastal landscape, classified cultural heritage, petroglyphs, and cultural and historical connections to water and the environment. Would you like to put a landscape in its geographical context, are you interested in the history of a named building, or are archaeological traces and specific environmental issues of greater interest to you? These themes differ in nature and historical timeframe, so you can plan your trip around the subjects that interest you most. At the plant market, visitors can get advice on waste separation, reuse, and recycling from nursery owners and specialists from the CACL environmental department.

Coastal Landscape and Place Names

The Salines de Montjoly are located within the urban area of Remire-Montjoly, along the beach stretching from Mont Bourda to Montravel. This places them at a specific location within the urban area while also identifying the extent of a beach between two named points. You can consider the Salines as part of the urban setting while also taking into account the named stretch of beach. Square Daniel Sinaï is at the entrance to the Route des Plages. This gives a different geographical reference: it is oriented around a named entrance, whereas the Salines are located along the beach. When planning your trip, it is worth distinguishing between these different location descriptions, as they refer to different points of reference within the destination.

Cultural Heritage: Monument and Rock Carvings

Fort Diamant in Remire-Montjoly was classified in its entirety as a historic monument by decree dated May 14, 1980. This classification makes the fort a clearly defined cultural and historical reference point: it is formally designated as a monument. The Roches Gravées near Crique Pavée are different in nature. They are petroglyphs, or deep carvings made in rock by pecking it with a hard stone tool. Here, the focus is on how the rock carvings were made. Those wishing to understand different aspects of the cultural heritage can therefore distinguish between the fort’s monument classification and the technique used to carve the Roches Gravées into the rock.

A Cultural and Historical Tour About Water

In 2022, a cultural and historical tour exploring Rémire’s history through the theme of water followed a trail just over 4 km long. It linked the former Habitation Beauregard with SGDE’s water treatment plant at Rorota. The tour thus connected a theme with two named stops along a specific route. It differs from a monument or a petroglyph: the focus was a themed tour with a route and endpoints. The trail was just over four kilometres long; the year 2022 dates this example as a tour that took place at that time.

For the main travel overview: Cayenne.