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Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao | Netherlands

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.

Year of Inscription: 1997

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Fortifications of Vauban (La tour-observatoire de la Hougue) | France

Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France. T...