Guyana · 18th century
Fort Zeelandia is located on Fort Island, a fluvial island of the Essequibo River delta in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. Not to be confused with Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo, Suriname, the current brick fort was built in 1743 for the Essequibo colony, replacing an earlier wooden fort built in 1726, and is among the oldest structures in Guyana. The fort replaced Fort Kyk-Over-Al as the capital of Essequibo in 1739.
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Fort Zeelandia (Guyana) ranks #4,074 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 2 mapped in Guyana. Founded 1743, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Guyana compares in the castle statistics.
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