Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Island of Saint-Louis' has mentioned 'Island' in the following places:
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| [4] Obliquely, the name also honored Louisxc2xa0XIV, the reigning king of France at the time of the island's settlement in 1659. | WIKI |
| The local name Ndar or N'dar is Wolof for a kind of island[4] and has been borne by the island since before the French settlement. | WIKI |
| The heart of the old colonial city is located on a narrow island a little more than 2xc2xa0km (1.2xc2xa0mi) long but only about 400xc2xa0m (1,300xc2xa0ft) wide. | WIKI |
| The island lies in the Senegal River. | WIKI |
| Negresse of quality from the Island of Saint Louis in Senegal, accompanied by her slave, Illustration from Costumes civils de tous les peuples connus, Paris, 1788, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveurxc2xa0[fr]. | WIKI |
| [6] Portuguese, Dutch, and English traders visited the area over the next two centuries but the first nearby colonial fortification was erected by the French in 1638 on Bocos Island, about 25xc2xa0km (16xc2xa0mi) away. | WIKI |
| Repeated flooding prompted the removal of the fort to the island known to locals as Ndar in 1659. | WIKI |
| [4] The island was uninhabited at the time,[16] supposedly because the local people believed it to be haunted by spirits. | WIKI |
| [4] The Diagne of Sor, the local leader, permitted French settlement on the island for annual payments of "three pieces of blue cloth, a measure of scarlet cloth, seven long iron bars, and 10 pints of eau de vie. | WIKI |
| French view of the fort at Saint-Louis island, from "L'Afrique ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des Africains", by Renxc3xa9 Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve, 1814. | WIKI |
| As a result, a process of gentrification has set in, with many historic buildings on the island being turned into restaurants and hotels. | WIKI |
| Saint-Louis remains the most characteristically French colonial destination in West Africa along with Gorxc3xa9e Island. | WIKI |
| The annual reggata, or pirogue race organized by teams of fishermen from Guet-Ndar, takes place on the "little branch" of the river, between Ndar Island and the Langue de Barbarie. | WIKI |
| Saint-Louis' characteristic colonial architecture along with its regular town plan, its location on an island at the mouth of the Senegal River and the system of quays, gives Saint-Louis the distinctive appearance and identity that have raised the Island to the rank of world heritage since 2000. | WIKI |
| The Island of Saint-Louis is inscribed on the World Heritage list on the basis of criteria ii and iv: | WIKI |
| Criterion iv The Island of Saint-Louis, a former capital of West Africa, is an outstanding example of a colonial city, characterized by its particular natural setting, and it illustrates the development of colonial government in this region. | WIKI |
| Among interesting and attractive monuments and edifices are the Governor's Palace, the Gouvernance where are located the town's administrative offices, the Parc Faidherbe named for the French governor at the centre of town Louis Faidherbe, colonial-era hotels, the historic airport at Dakar-Bango on the mainland, the Faidherbe Bridge that connects the island to the Langue de Barbarie and the Gaol and Servatius bridges that connect the island to the continent. | WIKI |
| The Island of Saint-Louis, oceanic port of West Africa, constitutes a unique landscape. | UNESCO |
| As the first French chartered company on the Atlantic coast of African in 1659, the Island of Saint-Louis became the hub for European traders travelling up the river year round in search of slaves but also gum arabic, gold, leather and other products. | UNESCO |
| The designated property covers the entire area of the Island of Saint-Louis, including the banks and quays, as well as the Faidherbe Bridge. | UNESCO |
| The Island is articulated in three parts: the North quarter, the South quarter and the Place Faidherbe with the Government Palace in the centre. | UNESCO |
| The Island is surrounded by a system of quays that serve as a reference for all the streets in the east-west direction. | UNESCO |
| Thanks to its regular layout, its system of quays andxc2xa0 its high quality colonial architecture, the Island of Saint-Louis comprises a remarkable example of a colonial city with stylistic unity and urban homogeneity based on typologies and town planning principles inherited from the colonial administration. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The Island of Saint-Louis, a former capital of West Africa, is an outstanding example of a colonial city, characterized by its particular natural setting, and it illustrates the development of colonial government in this region. | UNESCO |
| The conceptual integrity is ensured by the fact that the entire Island is designated as World Heritage, including the beaches, quays and the Faidherbe Bridge. | UNESCO |
| These overall measures supported by robust initiatives in situ have enabled the preservation of the integrity of the Island of Saint-Louis. | UNESCO |
| This remarkable continuity has enabled the Island of Saint-Louis to preserve its authenticity in close correlation with a built environment that, although undergoing some important transformations, has entered into a stabilising phase since the promulgation of the decree for the implementation of the Safeguarding and Valorisation Plan for Saint-Louis, in 2008. | UNESCO |