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Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)

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Over the years, it started to become obsolete as a military asset and, in 1772, there were even plans to tear it down.
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After Surinamese independence in 1975, under the military government of
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is located in Fort Zeelandia. The museum has a large collection of
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captured Fort Willoughby from forces under Lieutenant-Governor
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in the 1980s, Fort Zeelandia was the location of the "
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Suriname

Fort Zeelandia is located in Paramaribo
5°49′31″N 55°09′00″W / 5.8252°N 55.149872°W / 5.8252; -55.149872


fortress
Paramaribo
Suriname
Surinam
Anthony Rowse
Barbados
Francis Willoughby
Abraham Crijnssen
William Byam
the Dutch colony of Surinam
Dési Bouterse
December murders
torture
political prisoners
Surinamese Museum
ethnographica
archeology
visual arts
Nola Hatterman Art Academy
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
"Suriname - Paramaribo"
"Chronological History of the Discovery and Settlement of Guiana ..."
"The early colonization of Tobago: Bibliographical and archival material in Martinique and France"
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