Port Royal Port Royal is a village located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and co ...

is the former capital city of Jamaica. Port Royal or Port Royale may also refer to:

Institutions

Port-Royal-des-Champs Port-Royal-des-Champs was an abbey of Cistercian nuns in Magny-les-Hameaux, in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris that launched a number of culturally important institutions. History The abbey was established in 1204, but became fa ...

, an abbey near Paris, France, which spawned influential schools and writers of the 17th century **

Port-Royal Abbey, Paris Port-Royal Abbey was an abbey in Paris that was a stronghold of Jansenism. It was first built in 1626 to relieve pressure of numbers on the mother house at Port-Royal-des-Champs. History Famous people who stayed at the Port-Royal Abbey include Ma ...

, an inner-city abbey founded by Port-Royal-des-Champs

Geography

Canada

Habitation at Port-Royal Habitation may refer to: * Human settlement, a community in which people live * Dwelling, a self-contained unit of accommodation used as a home * Habitation (India), an administrative division in India * Habitation at Port-Royal, France's first set ...

(1605-1613), the location of France's first successful settlement in what is now Western Nova Scotia, now a

National Historic Site of Canada National Historic Sites of Canada (french: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of t ...

. **

Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Port Royal is a toponym for a rural intersection on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin about from the town of Annapolis Royal in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It has no legal status in local government. It is the site of the Port-Roya ...

, a rural community in Nova Scotia near the site of the Habitation at Port-Royal. *

Port-Royal (Acadia) Port-Royal (1629–1710) was a settlement on the site of modern-day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, part of the French colony of Acadia. The original French settlement of Port-Royal (Habitation de Port-Royal (1605-1613, about southwest) had earl ...

(1632-1710): a nearby fortification where the French built an unnamed Vauban earthwork which became

Fort Anne Fort Anne (first established in 1629 as the Scottish Charles Fort) is a four-bastion fort built to protect the harbour of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. The fort repelled all French attacks during the early stages of King George's War. Now desig ...

. It was eventually captured by the Anglo-Americans and renamed: **

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Annapolis Royal, formerly known as Port Royal, is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Today's Annapolis Royal is the second French settlement known by the same name and should not be confused with the n ...

, a town which exists today. * Port Royal, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, a rural community in eastern Nova Scotia, unrelated to the above. * Port Royal, a neighbourhood in

Queensborough, New Westminster Queensborough is a neighbourhood in the city of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. It is on the eastern tip of Lulu Island on the Fraser River. At the north end of Queensborough is a new development called Port Royal. To the south is Tho ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

France

Port-Royal (Paris RER) Port-Royal is a French railway station on the RER B line in Paris. It is located in the 5th arrondissement, not far from its tripoint border with the 6th and 14th arrondissements. It is named after Port-Royal Abbey, Paris. History The station ...

, a rapid transit station in Paris, located on Port-Royal boulevard, near the site of the former Port-Royal Abbey

United States

Port Royal, Kentucky Port Royal is an unincorporated community in north-eastern Henry County, Kentucky, United States. Location The community's center is the intersection of State Highway 193 and Cane Run Road. "Port Royal is ten miles north-east from New Castle a ...

, an unincorporated community in Henry County *

Port Royal, Mississippi Port Royal is a ghost town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. Once a busy port on the Mississippi River, Port Royal today is covered by wetland and a portion of the Mississippi Levee. Nothing remains of the original settlement. Histor ...

, a ghost town *

Port Royal, Pennsylvania Port Royal is a borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 815 at the 2020 census. History Port Royal used to be named Perrysville, after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. At the time, the Port Royal post office ...

, a borough in Juniata County *

Port Royal Sound Port Royal Sound is a coastal sound, or inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the Sea Islands region, in Beaufort County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the estuary of several rivers, the largest of which is the Broad River. Geograph ...

, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Beaufort County, South Carolina **

Port Royal Island Port Royal Island (historically Port Royal) is an island located in Beaufort County, South Carolina. It is considered one of the Sea Islands in the Lowcountry region and is the most populous island in northern Beaufort County, containing most of ...

, an island in Beaufort County, South Carolina ***

Port Royal, South Carolina Port Royal is a List of cities and towns in South Carolina, town on Port Royal Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 14,220 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hilton Head Is ...

, a town on Port Royal Island, in Beaufort County *

Port Royal, Virginia Port Royal is an incorporated town in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. The population was 126 at the 2010 census. Port Royal was established in the mid-17th century in the Colony of Virginia primarily as a port at the head of the naviga ...

, a town

Jamaica

, a Spanish colony taken over by the British

Art, entertainment, and media

Games

* '' Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates'' (2003), a simulation PC game by

Ascaron Entertainment Ascaron Entertainment was a video game developer based in Germany. Founded as Ascon by Holger Flöttmann in 1991 and later renamed in October 1996 due to the possible confusion with the Swiss company Ascom AG, the company produced titles primar ...

* ''Port Royale 2: Construction, Cartels and Conquest'' (2004), a sequel game by Ascaron Entertainment for PC * '' Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants'' (2012), a video game by

Gaming Minds Studios Kalypso Media Group is a German video game developer and publisher. Founded in 2006 in Worms, the group includes four companies, in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States and has studios, Realmforge Studios, Gaming Minds Studios, Clay ...

for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 * ''Port Royale 4'' (2020), a sequel game by Gaming Minds Studios for PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch * ''Port Royal'' (2014), a push-your-luck card game with engine-building elements

Literature

* ''

Port-Royal Grammar The ''Port-Royal Grammar'' (originally ''Grammaire générale et raisonnée contenant les fondemens de l'art de parler, expliqués d'une manière claire et naturelle'', "General and Rational Grammar, containing the fundamentals of the art of speaki ...

'' (1660), a grammar textbook by clerics from Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey * ''

Port-Royal Logic ''Port-Royal Logic'', or ''Logique de Port-Royal'', is the common name of ''La logique, ou l'art de penser'', an important textbook on logic first published anonymously in 1662 by Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole, two prominent members of the Jan ...

'' (1662), a logic textbook by clerics from Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey * ''Port-Royal'' (1837-1859), a multi-volume study of the abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs and Jansenism by

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic. Early life He was born in Boulogne, educated there, and studied medicine at the Collège Charlemagne in Paris (1824–27). In 1828, he se ...

* ''Port-Royal'' (1954), a play by

Henry de Montherlant Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant (; 20 April 1895 – 21 September 1972) was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Biography Born in Paris, a descendant o ...

set at the Port-Royal Abbey of Paris during the

formulary controversy The formulary controversy was a 17th- and 18th-century Jansenist refusal to confirm the ''Formula of Submission for the Jansenists'' on the part of a group of Catholic ecclesiastical personnel and teachers who did not accept the charge that their ...

Music

* ''Port Royal'' (album), an album by metal band Running Wild * port-royal (band), an Italian electronica and post-rock band

Battles

Battle of Port Royal The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Geor ...

, a naval battle of the American Civil War at Port Royal, South Carolina *

Siege of Port Royal (1710) The siege of Port Royal (5–13 October 1710),Dates in this article are given in the New Style; many older English accounts use Old Style dates for this action: 24 September to 2 October also known as the Conquest of Acadia, was a military sieg ...

, capture of French capital of Acadia (present day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) by the British

Brands

* Port Royal, a brand of beer made by Cerveceria Hondurena, a

SABMiller brands SABMiller was one of the top five global brewing companies, and had a range of over 150 beers, including international beers such as ''Pilsner Urquell'', and ''Miller Genuine Draft'', and local ones such as ''Gambrinus'' and ''Castle Milk Stout ...

subsidiary located in San Pedro Sula, Honduras * Port Royal Cigars, a

tobacco products Tobacco is the agricultural product of the leaves of plants in the genus ''Nicotiana'', commonly termed ''tobacco plants''. All species of ''Nicotiana'' contain the addictive drug nicotine—a psychostimulant alkaloid found in all parts of the ...

company in New Zealand

Enterprises

Le Port-Royal Apartments Le Port-Royal (also known as ''Port-Royal Apartments'') is an apartment building on Sherbrooke Street in the Golden Square Mile district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is 33 stories, and tall. Completed in 1964, it used to be the highest reside ...

, an apartment building in Montreal, Quebec *

Port Royal Experiment The Port Royal Experiment was a program begun during the American Civil War in which former slaves successfully worked on the land abandoned by planters. In 1861 the Union captured the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and their main ha ...

, a program begun during the American Civil War in which former slaves successfully worked on the land abandoned by plantation owners in Beaufort County, South Carolina * Port Royal Golf Course, a golf club located in Southampton, Bermuda, notable for hosting the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in 2009 and 2010 *

Port Royal Speedway Port Royal Speedway is a half-mile dirt racetrack in Port Royal, Juniata County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was opened on September 10, 1938. History Like all of the tracks in the United States, it closed during the World War II y ...

, a dirt racetrack in Port Royal, Pennsylvania

Transportation and vessels

* , three ships of the Royal Navy *

Port Royal Railroad The Port Royal Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that was constructed following the American Civil War. The line was chartered in 1856 but wasn't built until 1870. By 1871, it ran from Port Royal, South Carolina, to Yemassee, South Carolina. I ...

, a defunct railroad that ran from Port Royal, South Carolina, to Yemassee, South Carolina *

USS Port Royal (1862) USS ''Port Royal'' was a double-ended gunboat built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. The vessel was assigned to patrol the rivers and other waterways of the Confederate States of America and to enforce the Union blockade on the ...

, a sidewheel steamer gunboat commissioned in 1862, active in the Civil War, and decommissioned in 1866 *

USS Port Royal (CG-73) USS ''Port Royal'' (CG-73) was a guided missile cruiser that served in the United States Navy. She was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 9 July 1994, as the 27th and final ship of the class. ''Port Royal'' was named in honor of the two nava ...

, a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1994, the last US cruiser built in the 20th century {{disambiguation