Saint Martin: a splendid island, authentic, bordered by its white sand beaches, its lagoons with turquoise water and the sun of the Caribbean... A magic place... Located at the north of the chain of the Lesser Antilles, astonishes by its diversity. At the French and Dutch time, land of welcome for the West-Indian immigrants of the neighbouring islands and other regions remote, it presents a complex face, where cultures are côtoient various. The island of Saint Martin's day is discovered on November 11, 1493 by the navigator Christophe Colomb, the day of the "Saint Martin's day".

From the XVII century (1626), the island becomes an attraction for the Dutch and French colonists. Peacefully, they divide the island: a treaty is signed between these 2 nations in 1648 on the Mounts of the Agreements. The Dutchmen adapt the south with the salt-water marshes of what will become plustard Philipsburg. While the French occupy the Northern part of the island. Result of this agreement: birth of the smallest territory in the world divided between two nations. The treaty recognizes at the same time the dual nationality of the island and its unit: no the physical border between two nationalities and of the exchanges of people and goods are completely free. Thanks to this coexistence, Saint Martin's day, called "the beautiful Creole" became a free port which could be established like one of the most famous places of interest of the Antilles.