Road Town: Perbedaan antara revisi

Nama tersebut berasal dari istilah bahari "[[Roadstead|the roads]]", sebuah tempat yang kurang terlindung daripada pelabuhan tetapi kapal dapat dengan mudah mencapainya. Sebuah {{convert|28|ha|acre|abbr=off}} pengembangan disebut Wickham's Cay,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://realtravel.com/g-270167-tortola_article-introduction |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508145229/http://realtravel.com/g-270167-tortola_article-introduction |archive-date=8 May 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> consistingterdiri ofdari twodua areasarea thatyang weredireklamasi reclaimeddari from the sea andlaut adan marina, havetelah enabledmemungkinkan Road Town tomuncul emergesebagai assurga abagi havenpenyewaan forkapal yachtpesiar charteringdan and a centre ofpusat tourismpariwisata.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruising.org/vacation/destinations/cities/tortolavirgin-gorda|title=404|website=www.cruising.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTU9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA151 |author=John M Bryden |title=Tourism and Development: asebuah casestudi studykasus of thetentang Commonwealth Caribbean |page=151}}</ref> ThisArea areaini isadalah thebagian newestterbaru partkota of the city and thedan hub foruntuk thegedung newkomersial commercialdan andadministrasi administrative buildings of thebaru BVI. TheBangunan oldesttertua building indi Road Town, HMPenjara PrisonHM ondi Main Street, wasdibangun builtpada intahun 1774.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bviwelcome.com/a-visit-to-hm-prison/|title=A Visit to HM Prison – The Welcome Guide to the British Virgin Islands|website=www.bviwelcome.com}}</ref>