Fort Amsterdam (Sint Eustatius)

The Waterfort, also called Fort Amsterdam, is a fortress on the southwest coast of Sint Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, of which only ruins remain. It is one of the sixteen known fortresses on Sint Eustatius and is threatened by sea currents and surf.

The fort housed a two-storey slave house built by Commander Johannes Lindesay between 1724 and 1726 and served as such until around 1740. The slave house housed about 450 people. Women and children were housed on the second floor. In the 18th century, Sint Eustatius was the most profitable asset of the Dutch West India Company and a transit point for enslaved Africans in the transatlantic slave trade.

The fort guarded the entrance to the Oranjebaai of Sint Eustatius, where ships brought goods for the warehouses in the lower town.

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Fort Amsterdam (Sint Eustatius) occupe la 4 634e place sur 5 793 au classement de renommée de cet atlas et le 73e rang des 124 que l’atlas recense aux Pays-Bas. Fondé en 1724, il est plus ancien que 23 % des monuments datés de l’atlas — l’un des 360 monuments de l’atlas fondés au XVIIIe siècle. Voyez comment les Pays-Bas se comparent dans les statistiques des châteaux.

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