Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam

Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Part of Suriname
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is located in Paramaribo
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Coordinates5°53′17″N 55°05′30″W / 5.888056°N 55.091667°W / 5.888056; -55.091667
Site information
Open to
the public
Yes
Site history
Built1747 (1747)
Built bySociety of Suriname

Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is a fort in Suriname built from 1734 to 1747 at the confluence of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers. It is open to the public as an open-air museum.[1]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2017-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)