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2. Queen Emma Bridge - Wikipedia

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   Width. 9.80 m (32 feet) History. Opened. 1888, restored 1939 and 2006. Location. The Queen Emma Bridge (Dutch: Koningin Emmabrug; Papiamento: Brùg di Ponton, Brùg di Punda) 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.

3. Willemstad - Wikipedia

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   Willemstad (/ ˈ w ɪ l ə m s t ɑː t, ˈ v ɪ l-/ WIL-əm-staht, VIL-, Dutch: [ˈʋɪləmstɑt] ⓘ; Papiamento: [wiləmˈstad]; lit. ' William Town ') is the capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

4. Queen Juliana Bridge - Wikipedia

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   Queen Juliana Bridge. Koningin Julianabrug is a four-lane road bridge across St. Anna Bay in Willemstad, the capital of Caribbean island country Curaçao, which is part of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. The bridge is named after Juliana of the Netherlands. While under construction, the eastern part of the bridge collapsed in 1967 killing ...

5. Fort Amsterdam (Curaçao) - Wikipedia

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   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 chamber of the WIC and was ...

6. Otrobanda - Wikipedia

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   Otrobanda was founded in 1707 as a suburb of Willemstad on the other side of the Sint Anna Bay. Otrobanda was often referred to as the Spanish side, and Punda and Pietermaai were called the Holland side. [3] In 1752, [4] In 1816, the population of Otrobanda was 2,527 people. [5] In 1856, the Sint-Elisabeth Hospital, the first hospital of the ...

7. Fort Church, Curaçao - Wikipedia

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   16 metres (52 ft) [2] The Fort Church (Dutch: Fortkerk) is a church of the United Protestant Community located in the court of Fort Amsterdam in Willemstad, Curaçao. The church dates from 1796, and is still in use. [3] [1] A museum is located in the basement. [4] The Fort Church is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.