Les vestiges de l’habitation crève cœur

Ruins of an old sugar mill

The ruins of the Crève-Cœur plantation house were designated as a historic monument by a decree dated June 2, 1992.
This plantation was one of eighteen sugar plantations in the municipality. Built as two separate structures connected by dirt roads, the master’s house was located at the top of the Crève-Cœur hill, with the industrial buildings below.
Key events in the history of this property:
1817: Owned by the Blondel Larougery family,
1855: Purchased by Mr. Duperrier Desportes,
1867: Property mortgaged,
1884: Sugar crisis,
1886: Property sold at auction,
Late 19th century: Property purchased by the Usine Centrale du Marin,
1911: Auction; the estate was divided into thirty-eight lots; the ruins were rediscovered in the 1970s and 1980s by the National Forest Service and archaeologists.

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