Prony Village

This coastal village set in the Great South bears witness to New Caledonia's history as a penal colony. Founded in 1867 to supply Nouméa with wood, it was converted into a prison in 1873 before being used as a base for workers in the iron ore mine until 1968. The site remained abandoned from 1968 to 1990, when it was restored by the Association du Village de Prony. Thanks to its conservation work, you can now see some of the buildings imprisoned in the roots of the enormous banyan trees....