At the beginning of colonisation, commanders of the India Company created, on the rampart of the Saint-Denis's River, a garden for naturalisation of foreign plants imported to Bourbon. Following the dissolution of the India Company, the garden became the property of the State and received the name King's Garden. However, considered too distant, with a difficult and often flooded access in Summer, this garden was transferred by the authorising officer to the heights of Saint-Denis in 1767...

The episcopal residence was first located in the rue Félix Guyon. Later on, it was transferred to the hotel that Mr. Gutave Manès built in 1846 and that houses the Musée Léon-Dierx today.

Before becoming a museum, this building was the urban residency of notables of the colony in the 19th century. In 1843, the plot became the property of Gustave Manès, mayor of Saint-Denis. He was the one who built a residential house on the site, with a stone façade in contrast with the rest of the building in wood.

The house was built probably between 1843 and 1858 by Paul Auguste Fraignault. Often known under the name the Villa Mancini or Maion Mas, this building was successively the property of several families until it was bought by the General Council in 1985 to be turned into an artothèque...

The architecture of the Villa du Département highlights a very important step in the history of the local habitat. It is a landmark confirming the transition between the Compagnie des Indes' style of the 18th century and the neoclassicism of the 19th century.

First big middle-class home in this rue de Paris, the Villa Déramond, where two important personaliities were born. In 1838, Léon Dierx was born in his grandfather's house, Victor Gaspard-Delheaulme. He would be recognised as Poètes in 1898.

Built from 1846 to 1861, this square with a side of 37 meters will be used as Hôtel de Ville until the end of the 1970s. Becoming too small, they decide to build a more modern building in the shape of a pyramid, situated at the back of the Ancien Hôtel de Ville.

Built in 1923, to the glory of the Dionysiens, who died for France during the first World War. A monument brought back to Réunion Island by ship, 63 parcels of 44 tons. A box, sealed in 1941, contained...

Saint-Denis started to become populated since 1669, when the first commander of the island, Etienne Régnault, transferred residence from Saint-Paul...

The Cirque of Cilaos is considered today as a true mountain resort inside Réunion Island.

Saint-Paul’s Pond is a really important site in the history of Réunion Island since it was the first district of the island that was formed close to this shore.

Between Saint-Philippe and Saint-Rose, there is a space that has long been called the Burnt Country.

It is by strolling in the historic centre of the capital city of Réunion Island that we can observe the cathedral of Saint-Denis.

Long before the construction of the airports of Roland-Garros in Saint-Denis and of Pierrefonds in Saint-Pierre, many travellers arrived in Réunion Island by docking at the municipality of Le Port.

The Bel Air lighthouse is the first lighthouse of Réunion Island. It measures 20,25 meters high, but rises to a height of 45,82 meters above sea level since it was built on top of a cliff. It was once possible to reach the summit of the building, by following the 73 steps in wood. Therefore, we could reach the chemin de ronde and the lense device. Long ago, the lantern was powered by oil and petroleum.

The Warren Hastings: the history of a shipwreck.

The Best Bay of Anchoring is the name given to the bay of Saint-Paul, situated on the West Coast of Reunion Island.

The cave of the settlement is a place of history and legacy situated at the South entrance of the

Long before the time of Laleu, Malagasy people explored this land, and particularly the heights.

Saint-Leu is a territory of the West of Réunion Island, known for its leisure activities in nature, especially hiking, walking trails, paragliding, surfing, or scuba diving. It's mostly a municipality rich with a history so unique that it is rooted in the origins of the names of the places since the

To discover this natural oasis, it is necessary to leave the village of Salazie and head in the direction of the village of Mare à Poule d'Eau. The pond is located right before the village. Information signs help to quickly find the site.

The history of La Buse, the most famous French pirate in the Indian Ocean

It enjoyed its golden age in the Indian Ocean in the 17th century and at the beginning of the 18th century.

The train of Réunion Island is also called the Ti Train Lontan. The railway adventure in Réunion started in 1875. At that time, this revolutionary means of transport allowed to connect 126km, from Saint-Benoît to Saint-Pierre, passing by all the main coastal cities. From this fascinating epic, we can find some visible remains of the old infrastructure and the sections used by locomotives. The cutltural and historical site of la Grande Chaloupe remains the most famous one.