Fortress
Fort Oranje
Netherlands
Fort Oranje is a historic fortress located in Sint Eustatius in the Dutch Caribbean. It is located in Oranjestad, the island's capital, on a cliff overlooking Oranje Bay. It was named after the House of Oranje, the royal family of the Netherlands.
The fort was built by the Dutch in 1636, at the location of a previous fort built by the French in 1629. Its construction was commissioned by the Dutch West India Company. Like the island, the fort changed hands several times between the Dutch, English and French. It was rebuilt and renovated several times during the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, the fort is one of many protected buildings in Sint Eustatius.
Text adapted from “Fort Oranje (Sint Eustatius)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Oranje ranks #2,558 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #21 of the 76 mapped in Netherlands. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
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