Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
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.