In the mountains of Northern Haiti, surrounded by lush forests, Sitsa Palace.

And this palace was a masterpiece.

There were multiple gardens,

multiple fountains, and a hall of mirrors. It was known

as the Versailles of the Caribbean, an emphasis on was,

because Sansousie is now a ruin. But you can't really know Sansucy without knowing the man who lived there, the king of Haiti, Henry Christoph.

Only Christoph honestly is one of the most remarkable if tragic men rulers of the Western world.

And I think that history fascinates so many people because at the end of the day they don't know what to think of him because he's amazing monuments that we still have.

But of course in his day they weren't monuments. They were

symbols of black sovereignty and black leadership. King Henry Christoph, a man whose

legacy includes multiple revolutions and in Haiti, thanks his enormous structures a name that will live forever

just as he intended

My name is Baudelaire and this is Atlas Obscera, a celebration of the world's strange,

incredible and wondrous places. Today we go to the town of Mio in Haiti to hear the

story of Haiti's first, last, and only came, and how his crumbling

palace remains a symbol of a dream.

More after this. In Northern Haiti, there's really two monuments that Haitians talked the most about.

One is the citadel.

It's a massive fortress sitting atop a mountain.

We did an episode about it a couple years ago.

And the other monument is Saint-Soussous-Sousie Palace, and they were both built by the same man, Henry Christoph.

Today, Henry Christoph's Sansucy Palace isn't in the best shape.

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