Fort Oranje (Sint Eustatius)

Fort Oranje
Fort Oranje
Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius
	View of Fort Oranje
	Fort Oranje
Coordinates	17°28′55″N 62°59′11″W / 17.4820°N 62.9865°W
Type	Fortification
Site information
Open to; the public	Yes
Site history
Built	1636
In use	No

Fort Oranje is a historic fortress located in Sint Eustatius in the Dutch Caribbean. It is located in Oranjestad, the island's capital, on a cliff overlooking Oranje Bay.^[1] It was named after the House of Oranje, the royal family of the Netherlands.^[2]

The fort was built by the Dutch in 1636, at the location of a previous fort built by the French in 1629.^[3]^[4] Its construction was commissioned by the Dutch West India Company.^[5]^[6] Like the island, the fort changed‌ ‌hands‌ several times ‌between‌ ‌the‌ ‌Dutch,‌ ‌English‌ ‌and‌ ‌French‌.^[7] It was rebuilt and renovated several times during the 17th and 18th centuries.^[3]^[4] Today, the fort is one of many protected buildings in Sint Eustatius.

^ Gilmore, R. G. (2013), Comer, Douglas C. (ed.), "St. Eustatius: The Nexus for Colonial Caribbean Capitalism", The Archaeology of Interdependence: European Involvement in the Development of a Sovereign United States, SpringerBriefs in Archaeology, vol. 1, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 41–60, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6028-2_3, ISBN 978-1-4614-6028-2, retrieved 2023-04-01
^ "Fort Oranje". Statia Tourism. St. Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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^ "History: About St. Eustatius". Statia Government. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2023-04-02.

[1] Gilmore, R. G. (2013), Comer, Douglas C. (ed.), "St. Eustatius: The Nexus for Colonial Caribbean Capitalism", The Archaeology of Interdependence: European Involvement in the Development of a Sovereign United States, SpringerBriefs in Archaeology, vol. 1, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 41–60, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6028-2_3, ISBN 978-1-4614-6028-2, retrieved 2023-04-01

[:3-2] "Fort Oranje". Statia Tourism. St. Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-01.

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[7] "History: About St. Eustatius". Statia Government. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2023-04-02.

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