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2. Fort Amsterdam (Sint Maarten) - Wikipedia

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   The fort is on a peninsula about 2.5 km long and is a registered historical site, consisting of several ruins. There is a breeding colony of brown pelicans, of up to 60 nests, on the west side of the point, on a slope below the fort. The 278 ha site has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.

3. Fort Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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   Fort Amsterdam. After 165 years of service, the aging fort was leveled and replaced with the Government House. Fort Amsterdam was a fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers. The fort and the island were the center of trade and the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then ...

4. Fort Amsterdam (Curaçao) - Wikipedia

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   Fort Amsterdam (Curaçao) Fort Amsterdam is a fort located in Willemstad, Curaçao. It was constructed in 1634 by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) and served not only as a military fort but also as the headquarters of the WIC. Currently it serves as the seat of the government and governor of Curaçao. The fort is named after the Amsterdam ...

5. Fort Vijfhuizen - Wikipedia

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   Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam (Dutch: stelling van Amsterdam), a World Heritage Site. It is located in the town of Vijfhuizen on the ringvaart which surrounds the Haarlemmermeer polder. The main fort is currently maintained by a charitable foundation called Kunstfort Vijfhuizen which leases space for ...

6. IJ (Amsterdam) - Wikipedia

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   The IJ in 2017. IJ. Location. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Coordinates. 52°22′51″N 4°56′38″E  /  52.38083°N 4.94389°E  / 52.38083; 4.94389. The IJ (Dutch: [ɛi] ⓘ; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam 's waterfront.

7. Waterfort (Sint Eustatius) - Wikipedia

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   The Waterfort, also called Fort Amsterdam, is a fortress on the southwest coast of Sint Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, of which only ruins remain. It is one of the sixteen known fortresses on Sint Eustatius and is threatened by sea currents and surf. The fort housed a two-storey slave house built by Commander Johannes Lindesay between 1724 and ...

8. Fort Amsterdam, Ghana - Wikipedia

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   Fort Amsterdam is a former slave fort in Abandze, Central region, Ghana.It was built by the English between 1638 and 1645 as Fort Cormantin or Fort Courmantyne, and was captured by admiral Michiel de Ruyter of the Dutch West India Company in 1665, [1] in retaliation for the capture of several Dutch forts by the English Admiral Holmes in 1664. [2]

9. Royal Palace of Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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   Dutch Rijksmonument 5941. The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam (Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Amsterdam or Paleis op de Dam) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next ...