🏴☠️ Port Royal
Jamaica
About This Sacred Site
Port Royal was the largest and wealthiest city in the Caribbean before an earthquake plunged two-thirds of it into the sea in 1692, an event widely interpreted as divine punishment for the city's wickedness. The surviving St Peter's Church dates to 1725 and contains artifacts from the submerged city. Port Royal's destruction remains one of history's most dramatic examples of catastrophe interpreted through a spiritual lens.
Key Facts
- •A massive earthquake on June 7, 1692, sank two-thirds of the city into the sea
- •Over 2,000 people died immediately, with thousands more from injuries and disease
- •The disaster was widely interpreted as God's judgment on the 'wickedest city on Earth'
- •St Peter's Church, built in 1725, contains a communion set salvaged from the earthquake
- •Underwater archaeological excavations have recovered thousands of artifacts
Location
Coordinates: 17.9361, -76.8406
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