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Set on the side of a rocky ravine and incorporating several caves, the monastery was sacked by pirates, after which the community moved to higher ground and founded Gouvernétou.
Treasure chests mix with rum casks, and pirates tell of their lives at sea in the lonely and dangerous times.
At the mouth of the bay, on the western side, the Castillo de Jagua was constructed by the Spanish in 1732 (long before the city’s founding in 1819) to ward off pirates.
Attacks by pirates and Islamic forces brought terror to the people, but Cretans remained loyal to the Orthodox Church throughout the Arab occupation of a.d. 824–961.
This sent the majority of the English settlers fleeing to Jamaica or Massachusetts, but didn’t have much effect on the pirates.