| Charlotte Amalie | ||
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| State | United States of America | |
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| Inhabitants | 19.000 (2004 estimate) | |
| Prefix tel | 1 340 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 00801–00804 | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 | |
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Charlotte Amalie is the capital and the major center of US Virgin Islands.
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Charlotte Amalie sits on a bay on the southern coast of the island of Saint Thomas.
The city takes its name from Carlotta Amalia of Hesse-Kassel (1650-1714), wife of King Christian V of Denmark. It is famous for the port characterized by the depth of its waters, once the prey of pirates, now a stopping place for many cruises (about one and a half million passengers arrived in Charlotte Amalie in 2004).
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Charlotte Amalie: full screen map.How to get
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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
Charlotte Amalie also has several buildings of historical significance, including:
- Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The first Catholic church in the then Danish West Indies purchased by the Crown Danish in 1802. The current church was completed in 1848. When Pope John XXIII on 30 April 1960 with the bull Cum apostolicus created the prelature of US Virgin Islands, the church of Saints Peter and Paul was contextually elevated to a cathedral church.
- Synagogue. The city is home to the second oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.
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