Before it was par­tial­ly destroyed by an earth­quake in 1842, the Sans-Souci Palace was home to famous for­mer slave-turned-king Hen­ri Christophe I. With its deep his­tor­i­cal roots the palace evokes a sense of nos­tal­gic beau­ty, and is often com­pared to the majesty of the Palace of Ver­sailles in France. The Palace fea­tures many high-arched win­dows as well as deca­dent stair­cas­es.