Fortress
Fort Beekenburg
🇨🇼 Curaçao · 18th century
Fort Beekenburg, also known as the Castle, is a fort located east of Willemstad, in the bay of Curaçao, built to defend the Spanish Water.
Machine-translated from “Fort Beekenburg” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Beekenburg ranks #6,473 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 6 mapped in Curaçao. Founded 1703, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 638 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Willemstad, 9 km away. See how Curaçao compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort Beekenburg?
Fort Beekenburg stands in Curaçao, at 12.07252°, -68.86196°.
When was Fort Beekenburg built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1703. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort Beekenburg?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,473 of 8,764 worldwide, and #5 in Curaçao. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort Beekenburg?
Fort Nassau (Curaçao), about 8 km away.
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