Interesting facts about St. Helena

What do we know about St. Helena? For example, the fact that in 1821 Napoleon Bonaparte died on this island. This is perhaps the most famous, but not the only interesting fact about a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. St. Helena is one of the most remote from the continents. For example, to the coast of Africa - 1950 km. And to South America, even more - 2900. That's why the British and sent here the overthrown Napoleon, because from the island of Elba, located near Italy, Bonaparte safely fled. It is interesting that for Russians there is no need for a visa to visit the island, it can be obtained here on arrival. But only to get to St. Helena is not easy: ships moor to the coast just a couple of times a month. A few months ago on the island the first airport was opened, which, by the way, is called the most useless in the world: more than 280 million pounds sterling was spent on its construction. It will not be able to recoup it, even though the authorities of the island hope for a sharp increase in the number of tourists. Currently, Napoleon's graves are not on the island - twenty years after the death of the remains of the former French emperor were transported to Paris. But the house where he spent the last years of his life, Napoleon Bonaparte, survived. Despite the fact that the island itself belongs to England, the house of Napoleon is owned by France: the estate of Longwood House was bought in 1858 for 7,100 pounds.

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