Plasa di Brión

Plasa di Brión is a square in Curaçao. Plasa di Brión is situated nearby to the square Molenplein, as well as near Inter-Continental University of the Caribbean.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queen Emma Bridge and Kurá Hulanda Museum.

Queen Emma Bridge

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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 140 metres southeast of Plasa di Brión.

Kurá Hulanda Museum

Museum

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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. Kurá Hulanda Museum is situated 150 metres northeast of Plasa di Brión.

Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad

Church

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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. Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad is situated 150 metres north of Plasa di Brión.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willemstad and Otrobanda.

Willemstad

Town

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Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean Sea, among the group known as the ABC Islands alongside Aruba and Bonaire. This trio is located near Venezuela, and is considered to be outside the Caribbean's so-called "hurricane zone"; vacations to the island are rarely disrupted by tropical storms.

Otrobanda

Suburb

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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.