Trou-Poisson Chapel

Origin and history

Trou-Poisson Chapel is a religious monument located in the commune of Iracoubo in French Guiana. The available sources do not specify its construction period or detailed history, limiting information to its geographical location and architectural nature. Chapels in Guyana, as elsewhere in the ultramarine territories, often played a central role in community life.

They served as places of worship, assembly and social cohesion for local inhabitants. Their construction generally reflected the spiritual and cultural needs of the populations, in a context marked by multiple influences, especially European and Creole.