"This palace, commissioned by Henri Christophe in 1810, was completed
in 1813. Sans Souci was designed to be the equal of Versailles in France,
and in its glory days was possibly a serious rival" (Lonely Planet). At the
foot of the mountain on which the Citadelle sits, it is also where the emperor
committed suicide in 1820.
 
 

La Citadelle La Ferriere

La  Citadelle La Ferriere was built  by the Emperor Henri Christophe between 1805 and 1820 atop
                Mount Bonnet-a-L'Eveque as a defence against any possible French invasion. Twenty thousand people
were employed in its construction, and many thousands died in the process.
Its walls are four metres thick and 40 metres high.