Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao

World Heritage

Netherlands

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In 1634, the Dutch established a trading settlement in a natural harbor on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. The town continued to grow over the following centuries. The modern town is made up of several unique historic neighborhoods, and its architecture reflects not only European urban planning concepts, but also the styles of the Dutch as well as the Spanish and Portuguese colonial towns that traded with Willemstad.

# Dutch

# European Urban Planning

# Historic Port District

# 1634

# Dutch style