St Vincent and the Grenadines history is rich, and goes back thousands of years. Evidence of the lives of early islanders can be found in the ancienrock carvings, or ‘petroglyphs’ that can be seen in the Layou Petroglyph Park opened in 2009.
These carvings may be anywhere between 600 and 1,500 years old. The islands have been inhabited for about 7,000 years, originally by the Siboneys. Then the Arawaks from Venezuela moved there, and the Caribs took over. Columbus ‘discovered’ the island in 1498, and named it St Vincent because the day he discovered it was 22 January, feast of Vincent of Saragossa, patron saint of Portugal. [Read more...]
