St. Louis Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral. It is located in the heart of the city of Fort-de-France. On neogothic inspiration, his arrow would measure about 59 meters. Placed under the patronage of the King of France St. Louis, it was the seat of the bishopric of Martinique, erected in 1850 by a bull of Pope Pius IX, and is currently the seat of the Archbishop of Saint Pierre and Fort de-France since 1967. It was designed according to the plans of Pierre-Henri Picq and was inaugurated in 1895.

It was established at the site of the previous cathedral, destroyed by a cyclone in 1891.

Its frame is entirely metal and designed to withstand fire, earthquakes and cyclones. The interior stained glass windows tell the story of the city, or the life of St. Louis and evoke the Roman-Byzantine architecture.

Martinican people are fervent believers in the Catholic religion and the event those masses or weekly Sunday and Saturday nights, the church is always full.

So if you want to get inside, go for a weekday, preferably in the morning. It was recently renovated to restructure its exterior to reflect its origin in 2010.

The Church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, one of the oldest in Martinique, was built between 1640 and 1645.

Originally, it was a simple hut, on the site of the present church. At the end of 1635, it was the Sieur de la Vallée who was given this neighborhood, after the departure of Carib Indian chief Pilote who went to settle in the south of the island.

He built the neighborhood in parish and gave the location of the parsonage, the garden of the church, the cemetery and the savannah reserved for food for the priest's horse. The slave cemetery was in front of the church, where now stands the monument to the dead. In the 17th and 18th centuries, religious buildings have been repaired several times and even rebuilt.

In 1903, in very bad condition, works were again executed, siding and roof of the church was rebuilt and they were repainted. It was built in Baroque style by Dominican missionaries.

The "shell" Saint-Jacques that it notices at the pediment above the main entrance, is the emblem of this religious order. Only the facade is listed historic monument. The ceiling inside shaped keel upturned boat is the hallmark of this era when carpenters were from the Navy.