Jonchi
In 1802 Anna Cathalina Joontje was the owner of the land on which a fine and elegant country house now stands. It is built in a rather unique…
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Barios
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Barios
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101 neighbourhoods
Jongbloed
The former plantation Jongbloed lies in the former Eastern Division, south of Brievengat and Bonam and north-west of Sapaté. It is one of the oldest…
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Kas Chikitu
Kas Chikitu, also called Kaas Chikitoe, Gerustheid or Villa Italia, was a small plantation of 9.5 hectares. From 1800 to 1805 it was owned by Mathias…
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Kas Kòrá
The former plantation is described in Sambumbu as "a region south-west of Jongbloed". The original name is Cas Koraal and means House with Coral, and…
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Kenepa
Kenepa, also known as Knip, was once the island's most important producer of dividivi (also known as watapana or wind trees).
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Kenepa 2
The first part about the history of Kenepa dealt, among other things, with the freedom struggle of enslaved people in 1795. As well as "the curse of…
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Klein Kwartier
Contrary to what the name suggests, the plantation, like Groot Kwartier, never had any military significance.
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Klein Piscadera
According to old documents, the common border between Groot and Klein Piscadera was established in 1865. This small plantation of 122 hectares was…
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Kolebra Bèrdè
Between Kas Chikitu, Marchena, Morgenster and Veeris lies Kolebra Bèrdè — the Green Snake — so called after a cemetery at the location. The origin of…
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Koningsplein
"…. even if it were only half as large as the Koningsplein" is a fragment from the request of Gerard Lulss to the West India Company to be allowed to…
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Koraal Tabak
Koraal Tabak is today the site of the most recent and most modern wind farm on Curaçao. It is an initiative of the Bakhuis family, owners of the…
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La Fama
If you drive up from Saliña de Grebbelinieweg and take the first little road on the right, you drive straight into the neighbourhood of La Fama…
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Lagun
What is unique about Lagun is that it lies on the coast, between two bays, namely Playa Jeremi and Playa Lagun. The name Lagun possibly refers to the…
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Mahaai
The name Mahaai refers to the female owner who was described in documents from 1793 as "the free negro woman Maay who owns a small plantaadje annexed…
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Mahuma
Curaçao is divided into 50 zones, each consisting of a number of barios. For the zone Mahuma these are: Mahuma, Juan Domingo, Weltevreden, Wawu and…
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Malpais (part 1)
In the far west of the salt pans of Malpais lie beautiful round green rocks worn smooth by erosion. The green colour indicates the copper ore that…
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Malpais (part 2)
"The enslaved woman Chichi of Malpais was pregnant and was going to be beaten. She fled and hid in a cave of the Seru Jamaníca, on the same…
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Marchena
The edge of the north-western shore of the Schottegat was still known in the 19th century as "het Joode Quartier", the Jewish Quarter. Landhuis…
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Marie Pompoen
The Marie Pampoen (Maripompún, Matalea rubra) is a wild, medicinal climbing plant with heart-shaped leaves. The guiambo-like fruit has soft spines…
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Mina Scharbaai
Mina Scharbaay, also called Tjas Scharbaay or Buena Esperanza, is a former small plantation east of Veeris and north of the Sambil shopping centre at…
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Montaña Abou and surroundings
Zone no. 40, Montaña Abou, consists of the barios Montaña Abou (government land), Hoenderberg, Weto, Herst, Esperanza near Herst, Confianza and the…
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Montaña di Rei (part 1)
Montaña di Rei, the church village founded by Niewindt in 1840: the public well Pos di Gobièrnu, the name “King’s Hill”, the Saint Dominic church and…
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Montaña di Rei (part 2)
According to the zone division, Montaña di Rei is zone no. 62. Besides the bario Montaña Rei, it includes the barios Beurs, Oudewater, Sosiegu near…
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Morgenster
The former small plantation Morgenster, popularly also known as Mòrrustėr, lies north of Wishi, east of Veeris and west of Gasparito. Here there…
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Mundo Nobo
In the West Indies Room of the Curaçao Museum hangs this striking map of the Caribbean and America, regarded as the new world, Mundo Nobo. It is a…
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Nieuw Nederland / Monte Verde
The grounds that are today called Nieuw Nederland were part of Monte Verde from 1923. The newspaper Amigoe of 16 June 1923 reports the purchase of…
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Nieuw Nederland 2
In part 1 about Nieuw Nederland we already saw that the neighbourhood arose out of Monte Verde. This second part deals with the development of Nieuw…
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Noordkant
On the middle terrace of the former plantation Noordkant, on the border with plantation Hato, lies the Gròt di Norkán — Cave of Noordkant — with a…
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Oranjestraat
The "Gemene weg naar Viana" (Common road to Viana) was the original name of what we know today as the Oranjestraat. Huize Vianen now lies at the end…
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Palu Blanku
The name Palu Blanku does not appear on the very accurate Werbata map of 1911. That is an indication that the name is fairly recent. It seems…
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