Conquerabia Mural, 2-4 Knox St, Port of Spain

Carlisle Chang’s “Conquerabia” is a mural primarily cast in cement with other added materials located outside the Port of Spain City Hall. Conquerabia is believed to be the original name of the Amerindian settlement that preceded the Spanish city, but in many ways the mural sums up Chang’s vision of the entire country. It epitomises, too, his vision of its art, in its symbolism, its style and even the materials used in its construction. The central panels of Conquerabia are enclosed between depictions of the gaping mouths of the Dragon and the Serpent — the names of the two passages which close off the Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and Venezuela. A Spanish caravel is seen approaching the three Trinity Hills, on the south coast, after which Trinidad is named. *Text by the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago https://nationaltrust.tt/location/conquerabia-carlisle-chang-mural/*