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Salt collection in Curacao. The town of Willemstad started to grow out of Fort Amsterdam. Dutch consolidation. The Spaniards schemed to recapture Curaçao from the Dutch. Information about troops, fortifications, outposts, food supplies and ammunition was collected in three ways. Indians who lived in Curaçao were kidnapped and interrogated.
The emblem's official design is yet to be revealed. [1] The emblem of Curaçao ( Papiamentu: Emblema di Kòrsou) is a yet to be adopted national symbol of Curaçao. The design will be based on a concept by Adresetti Monart featuring the Queen Emma Bridge, a cactus, a hummingbird and a traditional fishing boat, which was chosen through a design ...
Curaçao (/ ˈ k j ʊər ə s oʊ,-s aʊ, ˌ k j ʊər ə ˈ s oʊ,-ˈ s aʊ / KURE-ə-soh, KURE-ə-sow, kure-ə-SOH, or kure-ə-SOW, Dutch: [kyːraːˈsʌu] ⓘ or, Papiamentu: [ˈkɔrsɔu̯]), officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 ...
Hato is a village in Curaçao. It started as a plantation of the Dutch West Indies Company. The Curaçao International Airport has been built on the former plantation grounds. [2] The Hato Caves are located near the village and airport. [3] The caves consist of marine coral limestone, and are a major tourist attraction.
The Canon of Curaçao is a list of fifty themes (called "windows") that chronologically summarizes the history of Curaçao. In the windows 50 subjects are described in approximately 400 words each. [1] Complementing the Canon of the Netherlands and its regional canons, the Canon of Curaçao was compiled on the initiative of the General Faculty ...
The flag is a blue field with a horizontal yellow stripe slightly below the midline and two white, five-pointed stars in the canton. The blue symbolises the sea and sky (the bottom and top blue sections, respectively), divided by a yellow stroke representing the bright sun which bathes the island. [2] The two stars represent Curaçao and Klein ...
The 1969 Curaçao uprising ( Papiamento: Trinta di Mei, 'Thirtieth of May') was a series of riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then part of the Netherlands Antilles, a semi-independent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The uprising took place mainly on May 30, but continued into the night of May 31 – June 1, 1969.
The Constitution of Curaçao ( Dutch: Staatsregeling van Curaçao; Papiamento: Konstitushon di Kòrsou) was adopted by a 15 to 6 vote majority in the island council of Curaçao on 5 September 2010. In the initial vote on the constitution in July, the two-thirds majority required was not reached, after which new elections were held on 27 August.