Oovester

Oovester is a building in Curaçao which is located on Breedestraat. Oovester is situated nearby to the church Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad, as well as near Kurá Hulanda Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad and Kurá Hulanda Museum.

Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad

Church

Photo: Charles Hoffman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Basilica of St. Anne is a religious building that functions as Catholic Minor Basilica and at the same time as co-cathedral of the Diocese of Willemstad on the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela, the other being the main cathedral dedicated to Our Lady the Queen of the Holy Rosary of the same city.

Kurá Hulanda Museum

Museum

Photo: -JvL-, CC BY 2.0.

The Kurá Hulanda Museum is an anthropological museum located in the Kura Hulanda Village district of Willemstad, Curaçao. The museum teaches about the Atlantic slave trade, and African history in the Caribbean, and was opened in April 1999 by Jacob Gelt Dekker.

Queen Emma Bridge

Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Queen Emma Bridge is a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay on Curaçao island in the Dutch Caribbean. It connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the capital city, Willemstad. Queen Emma Bridge is situated 250 metres southeast of Oovester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willemstad and Otrobanda.

Willemstad

Photo: Ghettocash, CC BY 2.0.

Willemstad is the capital and largest city of Curaçao. The city center and the waterfront is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Willemstad is mostly a destination for cruise ship tourists who usually spend one or two days there at most.

Otrobanda

Suburb

Photo: Roger W, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Otrobanda is one of the historic quarters of Willemstad, located at the southwest side of the city, in Curaçao, a Lesser Antilles island in the Dutch Caribbean. Otrobanda was founded in 1707, and has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Fleur de Marie

Neighborhood

Photo: Margo Groenewoud, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fleur de Marie is a neighborhood.

Oovester

Type: Building
Address: Breedestraat 25, Willemstad
Location: Curaçao, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

12.10814° or 12° 6′ 29″ north

Longitude

-68.93646° or 68° 56′ 11″ west

Open location code

774H4357+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 370349182

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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