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Oranjestad is home to the University of Aruba, which offers programs in law and economics, and to the island's largest secondary school (Colegio Arubano), both modeled on the Dutch system. Many students enroll in universities in the Netherlands for graduate and postgraduate degrees.
The Historical Museum of Aruba is a historical museum in the city of Oranjestad in Aruba. It explains the history of the island and its inhabitants, in rural and urban areas. [2] The museum is situated in Fort Zoutman, an 18th and 19th-century military fortification. [1]
Fort Zoutman (Dutch pronunciation: [fɔrt ˈsʌutmɑn]) [a] 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, one of the main tourist attractions on the island, and regarded by UNESCO ...
The National Archaeological Museum Aruba (Papiamento: Museo Arqueologico Nacional Aruba) is an archaeological museum in the city of Oranjestad in Aruba. The collections cover from 2500 BCE to the 19th century. [3] In 1981, the Archaeological Museum of Aruba was opened.
Aruba (/ ə ˈ r uː b ə / ə-ROO-bə, Dutch: [aːˈrubaː] or [aːˈrybaː] ⓘ, Papiamento:), officially the Country of Aruba (Dutch: Land Aruba; Papiamento: Pais Aruba), is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Curaçao on ...
The Protestant community petitioned the States General of the Netherlands to open a church in Aruba. [5] In 1822, Karel van Eekhout was sent to Aruba as minister and schoolteacher. J.H.G. Eman was appointed as overseer for the Lutheran Church, and C. Specht for the Dutch Reformed Church. [5] Together they purchased the house of the Arends ...
The cruise ship Celebrity Mercury docked in Oranjestad. In 1947, Aruba's government founded a tourist board to explore the possibility of developing a tourism industry. Several years later, cruise ships began to dock in Oranjestad, Aruba's capital city. The island's first luxury hotel was built in 1959, giving the fledgling industry a good start.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Oranjestad Wilhelmina Park 01 ... 01-024 Info. Ex Botica Aruba : 1925 Oranjestad