Water Fort
Waterfort is a fort in Willemstad, Curaçao located on the eastern side of the Sint Anna Bay. It was built in 1827 to protect Willemstad against attack.
- Fort
- …is also known as “Punda Waterfort”
- …has 1 floor
- Description: fortification on Curaçao
- Address: Waterfortstraat, Punda
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Water Fort
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Latitude
12.10407° or 12° 6′ 15″ north
Longitude
-68.93429° or 68° 56′ 3″ west
Open location code
774H4338+J7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building = yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = fort
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Water Fort” goes by many names.
WaterfortDutch
Waterfort PundaDutch
Waterfort WillemstadDutch
ΒάτερφορτGreek
WaterfortNorwegian
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