Editing Port-au-Prince (section)

==Culture==
The culture of the city lies primarily in the center around the National Palace as well as its surrounding areas. The [[National Museum of Haiti|National Museum]] is located in the grounds of the palace, established in 1938. The National Palace was one of the early structures of the city but was destroyed and then rebuilt in 1918. It was destroyed again by the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|earthquake on 12 January 2010]] which collapsed the center's domed roof.

[[File:Hotel_Oloffson_mars_2007.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Hotel Oloffson]]]]
Another popular destination in the capital is the [[Hotel Oloffson]], a 19th-century [[Gingerbread (architecture)|gingerbread mansion]] that was once the private home of two former [[List of heads of state of Haiti|Haitian presidents]]. It has become a popular hub for tourist activity in the central city. The [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince|Cathédrale de Port-au-Prince]] is a famed site of cultural interest and attracts foreign visitors to its Neo-Romantic architectural style.

The [[Musée d'Art Haïtien du Collège]] Saint-Pierre contains work from some of the country's most talented artists, and the Musée National is a museum featuring historical artifacts such as King [[Henri Christophe]]'s actual suicide pistol and a rusty [[anchor]] that museum operators claim was salvaged from [[Christopher Columbus]]'s ship, the ''[[Santa María (ship)|Santa María]]''. Other notable cultural sites include the Archives Nationales, the Bibliothèque Nationale (National Library) and [[Expressions Art Gallery]]. The city is the birthplace of internationally known [[naïve art]]ist [[Gesner Abelard]], who was associated with the [[Centre d'Art]]. The [[Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien |Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien (MUPANAH)]] is a museum featuring the heroes of the independence of Haiti, the Haitian history and culture.

On 5 April 2015, the construction of a new [[Temple (LDS Church)|LDS Temple]] [[Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple|in Port-au-Prince]] was announced.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Monson|first1=Thomas|title=3 new LDS temples to be built in Ivory Coast, Haiti and Thailand, President Monson says|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865625790/3-new-LDS-temples-to-be-built-in-Ivory-Coast-Haiti-and-Thailand-President-Monson-says.html?pg=all|website=Deseret News|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405172119/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865625790/3-new-LDS-temples-to-be-built-in-Ivory-Coast-Haiti-and-Thailand-President-Monson-says.html?pg=all|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Port-au-Prince is the only city anywhere in the world to have a main avenue named for American abolitionist hero [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]]. Another is named for another [[abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] hero, Massachusetts Senator [[Charles Sumner]].

=== Celebrations ===
There is a celebration of [[Baron Samedi|Bawon Samdi]] and Gran Brigi called Fet Gede, which takes place from the [[Day of the Dead]] on 1 November through the third day of the month. This occurs in the national cemetery of Haiti. While celebrating, people wear Vodou white cotton clothing and purple headscarves. During the celebration, the cemetery becomes packed with people. Those who are celebrating make sacrifices of food for the spirits (mange lwa) and pour liquor on the gravestones among other festivities.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Evans Braziel|first=Jana|title=Riding with Death, Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2017|isbn=9781496812759|pages=56}}</ref>