Fortress
Fort Nassau (Curaçao)
🇨🇼 Curaçao · 18th century
Fort Nassau (officially: Fort Oranje Nassau) is a fort situated in Willemstad, Curaçao. It is located on a 68 metres (223 ft) high hill overlooking the city of Willemstad and its harbour. It was constructed in 1796 as Fort Republiek. In 1807, Curaçao was captured by the British, and the fort was renamed Fort George. In 1816, Curaçao was returned to Netherlands, and the fort received its current name. It lost its military function, but was used as a control tower for the Queen Emma Bridge. Since 1959, it is in use as a restaurant.
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Fort Nassau (Curaçao) ranks #3,171 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 5 mapped in Curaçao. Founded 1796, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,720 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Curaçao compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fort Nassau (Curaçao)?
Fort Nassau (Curaçao) stands in Curaçao, at 12.11477°, -68.92681°.
When was Fort Nassau (Curaçao) built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1796. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort Nassau (Curaçao)?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,171 of 8,133 worldwide, and #2 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 Nassau (Curaçao)?
Fort Amsterdam (Curaçao), about 1 km away.
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