Fortress
Riffort
🇨🇼 Curaçao · 19th century
The Riffort Museum is a museum located in Willemstad on the island of Curaçao. It forms part of the historic centre of Willemstad, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Machine-translated from “Musée du Fort Rif de Willemstad” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Riffort ranks #5,312 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 5 mapped in Curaçao. Founded 1828, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Curaçao compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Riffort?
Riffort stands in Curaçao, at 12.10549°, -68.93716°.
When was Riffort built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1828. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Riffort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,312 of 8,134 worldwide, and #4 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 Riffort?
Fort Amsterdam (Curaçao), about 1 km away.
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