Fort Zoutman
Fort Zoutman (Dutch pronunciation: [fɔrt ˈsʌutmɑn]) is a military fortification at Oranjestad, Aruba. Originally built in 1798 by African slaves, with materials provided by the Amerindians, who performed Statute Labour or corvée for the Dutch West India Company, it is the oldest structure on the island of Aruba, and regarded by UNESCO as a 'Place of Memory of the Slave Trade Route in the Latin Caribbean'. The Willem III Tower was added to the west side of the fort in 1868. The fort and tower were restored and re-opened in 1983 as the Historical Museum of Aruba.
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Fort Zoutman
Fort Zoutman (Dutch pronunciation: [fɔrt ˈsʌutmɑn]) is a military fortification at Oranjestad, Aruba. Originally built in 1798 by African slaves, with materials provided by the Amerindians, who performed Statute Labour or corvée for the Dutch West India Company, it is the oldest structure on the island of Aruba, and regarded by UNESCO as a 'Place of Memory of the Slave Trade Route in the Latin Caribbean'. The Willem III Tower was added to the west side of the fort in 1868. The fort and tower were restored and re-opened in 1983 as the Historical Museum of Aruba.
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Das Fort Zoutman ist eine historische militärische Festungsanlage auf der Insel Aruba.
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El Fuerte Zoutman (en neerla ...... los piratas y otros enemigos.
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Fort Zoutman (Dutch pronunciat ...... he Historical Museum of Aruba.
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Fort Zoutman is een voormalig ...... t historisch museum gevestigd.
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Forte Zoutman é uma fortificação militar em Oranjestad, Aruba fundado em 1798.
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Le Fort Zoutman est un fort si ...... que musée historique d'Aruba.
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1796-1798 (fort)
1866-1868 (tower)
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Repelled a British attack in 1799
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J.H. Ferguson, lieutenant governor
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Johan Rudolf Lauffer, acting governor
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Willem III Tower at the west entrance of the fort
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Restored tourist attraction and museum
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Fundacion Museo Arubano
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Location within Aruba
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Fort Zoutman
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Das Fort Zoutman ist eine historische militärische Festungsanlage auf der Insel Aruba.
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El Fuerte Zoutman (en neerla ...... o el Museo Histórico de Aruba.
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Fort Zoutman (Dutch pronunciat ...... he Historical Museum of Aruba.
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Fort Zoutman is een voormalig ...... t historisch museum gevestigd.
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Forte Zoutman é uma fortificação militar em Oranjestad, Aruba fundado em 1798.
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Le Fort Zoutman est un fort si ...... que musée historique d'Aruba.
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Festung Zoutman
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Fort Zoutman
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Fort Zoutman
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Fort Zoutman
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Forte Zoutman
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Fuerte Zoutman
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