Curepipe

Curepipe which is almost in the center of the island.

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During the 1860s, the first railway lines were being constructed in Mauritius, and George Clark extended his search area along railway excavations between Curepipe and Mahébourg.

The first ever dodo bone 2006

The opposition Mauritian Social Democratic Party won eight seats in an area of Curepipe in the centre of the island.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

Or that the Hyophorbe amarfcaulis (a palm tree so rare that it doesn't have any name other than its scientific one) standing in the Curepipe Botanic Gardens in Mauritius is the only one of its kind in existence?

Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

Another one tells you that this is an exaggeration; that the two chief villages, Port Louis and Curepipe, fall short of heavenly perfection; that nobody lives in Port Louis except upon compulsion, and that Curepipe is the wettest and rainiest place in the world.

Following the Equator, Part 7 Mark Twain 1872

They think Mount Peter Botte is the highest mountain in the world, and if you show one of them a picture of Milan Cathedral he will swell up with satisfaction and say that the idea of that jungle of spires was stolen from the forest of peg-tops and toothpicks that makes the roofs of Curepipe look so fine and prickly.

Following the Equator, Part 7 Mark Twain 1872

Took the train for Curepipe at 1.30 -- two hours 'run, gradually uphill.

Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

Took the train for Curepipe at 1.30 -- two hours 'run, gradually uphill.

Following the Equator, Part 7 Mark Twain 1872

Another one tells you that this is an exaggeration; that the two chief villages, Port Louis and Curepipe, fall short of heavenly perfection; that nobody lives in Port Louis except upon compulsion, and that Curepipe is the wettest and rainiest place in the world.

Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

They think Mount Peter Botte is the highest mountain in the world, and if you show one of them a picture of Milan Cathedral he will swell up with satisfaction and say that the idea of that jungle of spires was stolen from the forest of peg-tops and toothpicks that makes the roofs of Curepipe look so fine and prickly.

Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872