Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
The people of the Netherlands established a trading settlement at a fine natural harbour on the Caribbean island of Curaçao in 1634. The town developed continuously over the following centuries. The modern town consists of several distinct historic districts whose architecture reflects not only European urban-planning concepts but also styles from the Netherlands and from the Spanish and Portuguese colonial towns with which Willemstad engaged in trade.
Willemstad, Island Territory of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
N12 6 6.984 W68 54 7.992
Date of Inscription: 1997
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(v)
Property : 86 ha
Buffer zone: 87 ha
Ref: 819Source: http://whc.unesco.org
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