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Spanish Town is the largest city in the county of Middlesex in Jamaica. The city has a total population of 180,000 inhabitants as per the 2009 census. The town was founded by the Spanish in 1534, however much of the original town was destroyed by the British. The town boasts of a number of churches, a few Regency buildings, the residence of the governors, the façade of Old King’s House and the memorial of Rodney. The town has been influenced by both Spanish as well as British rulers and the streets around the town square have a number of beautiful Georgian houses with tin roofed shacks. The Jamaica People’s Museum of Craft & Technology is situated in the Old King’s House and contains a display of various arts and crafts along with agricultural equipment. The Rodney memorial is built in the honor of the British admiral Baron George Rodney who saved the island from invasion in 1782.
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