HERITAGE RECORD · 819

Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao

荷属安的列斯群岛的威廉斯塔德、内城及港口古迹区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The people of the Netherlands established a trading settlement at a fine natural harbour on the Caribbean island of Curaçao in 1634. The town developed continuously over the following centuries. The modern town consists of several distinct historic districts whose architecture reflects not only European urban-planning concepts but also styles from the Netherlands and from the Spanish and Portuguese colonial towns with which Willemstad engaged in trade.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ17240216 ↗

Area86 ha

Administrative areaQ132679

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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Brief synthesis The Historic Area of Willemstad is an example of a colonial trading and administrative settlement.

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