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Fort Zeelandia Officers' houses at Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia is a fortress in Paramaribo , Suriname . In 1640 the French built a wooden fort on the spot which, during British colonial period, was reinforced and became Fort Willoughby . It was taken by the Dutch in 1667 and renamed Fort Zeelandia.[1]
History [ edit ]
Surinam , a small English colony, was established in 1650 by Major Anthony Rowse on behalf of the governor of Barbados , Francis Willoughby . In 1651 the English reinforced the abandoned French fort near present-day Paramaribo, calling it Fort Willoughby.
In 1667 the Dutch Admiral Abraham Crijnssen captured Fort Willoughby from forces under Lieutenant-Governor William Byam . The battle lasted only three hours before British munitions were exhausted. Crijnssen renamed the captured fort Fort Zeelandia,[2] [3] the Dutch colony of Surinam . Crijnssen also recaptured the Essequibo-Pomeroon Colony.[4] [5] [6]
Over the years, it started to become obsolete as a military asset and, in 1772, there were even plans to tear it down.[7]
After Surinamese independence in 1975, under the military government of Dési Bouterse in the 1980s, Fort Zeelandia was the location of the "December murders " of 1982 and was used to hold and torture political prisoners .[7] [8]
The Surinamese Museum is located in Fort Zeelandia. The museum has a large collection of ethnographica . Its collections contain archeology , visual arts , colonial furniture, textiles and historical photos.[9]
The Nola Hatterman Art Academy is located in the former commander's house.[10]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Huyghues-Belrose, Vincent (2007). "The early colonization of Tobago: Bibliographical and archival material in Martinique and France" . Études Caribéennes (8 ). doi :10.4000/etudescaribeennes.1032 .
^ Rodway, James (1888). "Chronological History of the Discovery and Settlement of Guiana ..."
^ "On this day 25 February" .
^ Marley, David F. (11 February 2008). Wars of the Americas ISBN 9781598841015
^ a b "Fort Zeelandia" . City of Paramaribo . Retrieved 28 May 2020 .
^ "Wat zijn de Decembermoorden" . NPO Focus (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2020 .
^ "Stichting Surinaams Museum" . Amazonia Museum Network (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2020 .
^ "Onderwijs" . Nola Hatterman (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 June 2020 .
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