Fortress
Fort Oranje
Netherlands
Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje) is a military fortification in Kralendijk, Bonaire. Originally built in 1639 as a nameless fort by the Dutch West India Company, it is the oldest masonry structure on the island of Bonaire. The fort has never been used for its intended purpose. In 1816, it was rebuilt and named Fort Orange. Its current lighthouse, Kralendijk Lighthouse, was built in 1932. It is one of ten fortresses worldwide named after the Dutch House of Orange.
Text adapted from “Fort Orange (Bonaire)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Oranje ranks #2,725 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #28 of the 76 mapped in Netherlands. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
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