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Cultural heritage connects people to their history and creates bonds between the diverse communities, providing the basis for national integration, unity and prosperity.

The Seychelles Heritage Foundation welcomes you to its website. This website is the ideal platform to showcase and promote different aspects of Seychelles cultural heritage and to encourage Seychellois across the world to embrace and celebrate their culture. The site also offers information and news about the functions, mandate, programmes and activities of Seychelles Heritage Foundation.

We look forward to public participation and engagement through our website in the hope of developing greater interest towards the promotion and protection of our cultural heritage assets.

Benjamine Rose (Ms.)
Chief Executive Officer

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Did you know?
On the 7th December of 1910, the curator of the Botanical Gardens Rivalltz Dupont ,forwarded samples of Para rubber to the Imperial Institute for examination. These samples were biscuits of 6 to 7 inches in diameter, prepared from trees of 5 to 7 years old, compared favourably with those from Ceylon and Malaya, and had the potential to realise satisfactory prices.
On the 20th September of 1853, Father Jeremie de Paglieta (1820-1870) and Theoplhile de Chateauneuf (1826-1889) arrived in Seychelles to establish the Catholic Mission.
On 28th May of 1800, the French corsair Jean Francois Hodoul (1765-1835) commanding Uni captured a British ship Henriette a mile N.W off Ste. Anne Island.
On the 10th of January of 1835, the French Corsair, Jean Francois Hodoul passed away at Mahe, at the age of 70 years old. He first arrived in Seychelles in 1791, and after spending some years roving the Indian Ocean, attacking British vessels and confiscating their cargoes, apparently with official sanction from Ile de France (Mauritius), he settled down on Mahe, where he cultivated cocoa plantations and established a boat repair business on an islet that was later named after him (Hodoul Island). He owned properties on Desroches and Silhouette. He also served as a magistrate during Queau de quinssys administration. He was buried in the Bel Air cemetery.
On the 6th July of 1953, a fire broke out in the commercial establishment of Julien Parcou in Market Street. In the memory of the then oldest inhabitant of Victoria, the conflagration was the worst of its kind. Three shops were gutted.
On the 27th April 1948, it became legal for a married woman to acquire, hold, dispose by will any moveable and immoveable property without the consent of her husband. This came about with the amendment of the French civil code of 1804 concerning the legal status of married women.
On the 21st March of 1890, Father Edmond Dardel died at Victoria. He was 65 years old. He arrived in Seychelles in 1881. In 1889, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic. He was to be ordained as Bishop of Port of Victoria when he passed away.
On the 11th September of 1881, the British General Charles Gordon (1833-1885) arrived at Mahe aboard Godavery, to assess the defensive measures of the Seychelles Islands in the event of an enemy attack. He promulgated a facetious theory that the Vallee de Mai on Praslin & the Coco de Mer palm is the Garden of Eden and The Tree of Knowledge mention in Genesis 2:9, 17; 3:6!