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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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On the 24th October of 1961, a symposium to mark the 16th anniversary of the United Nations was held at the Seychelles College under the distinguished patronage of the officer administering the Government (the Governor, John Thorp having drowned in August) Ian Woodroffe. The subjects by the three speakers were sixteen years of U.N.O-A Retrospect, Our Fight against disease. We and the U.N.O.
On the 14th December of 1957, in his annual report to the Cardinal Prefect Fumasoni-Biondi, the Bishop of Victoria, Mgr. Olivier Maradan expressed concern to the fact that the teaching of Religious Studies, which was done in French, in the schools of the Colony, was becoming more and more difficult since the Government has established English as the language of learning.
On the 22nd July of 1968, a giant ray was caught at Cap Ternay. It measured 11feet 9 inches from wingtip to wing tip and weighed 912 lbs.
On the 26th January of 1962, the Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1916-2011) arrived in Seychelles on R.M.S. Karanja, to assume the post of Governor of the colony of Seychelles. It was during his tenure, in 1966, that the Death Sentence was abolished in the Seychelles. He died on the 22nd April of 2011.
On the 21st November of 1938, the inhabitants are taken aback at the sight of two submarines in the harbour. Le Tonnant and Le Conquerant had come from Diego Gracia heading for France. They left on the 26th of November.
On the 17th of July 1966, the Ste Agnes School for girls was blessed by Mgr. Olivier Maradan (1899-1975). The Building comprised of 9 classes which could accommodate 300 pupils.
On the 30th September of 1882, the Legislative powers of the Seychelles became independent, as well as the Justice Department. It was the first step towards the separation of Seychelles from Mauritius.
On the 20th March of 1962, the Headquarters of the Agriculture Department was opened at the Botanical gardens. The building which was constructed by PWD cost Rs. 78,000.