Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao World Heritage Site

Official name

Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao | UNESCO

Country

Netherlands | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

12.1019° Lat, -68.9022° Lon | Map

Code

819

Time Zone

Europe/Amsterdam (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1997. The people of the Netherlands established a trading settlement at a fine natural harbour on the Caribbean island of Curaçao in 1634. The town developed continuously over the following centuries. The modern town consists of several distinct historic districts whose architecture reflects not only European urban-planning concepts but also styles from the Netherlands and from the Spanish and Portuguese colonial towns with which Willemstad engaged in trade.