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Francia

Francia 2010 Photo Anita de Moulin
Small fountain
Entrance to Francia on the east side, 2010 Photo Anita de Moulin
Rear facing north
Left side from the southwest
Rear facing northwest
Front from the southeast
The right side from the east in 2010 photo Anita de Moulin
Rear from the northeast
The terrace on the left side, the chimney marks the location of the former kitchen
Fransje and Dinoortje at bottom left on Werbata
View of Francia from Dinootje
On the border of Dinoortje and Fransje, near the Phoenixweg
In Francia plants sometimes grow out of the wall
Part of the former Noortjeberg near the Phoenixweg
Pure nature out of the wall
Francia, also known as Fransje, used to be a bandit neighborhood
The Protestant Technical School on Cas Coraweg used to be located in a ghetto neighborhood

Francia

Francia, of which the present little plantation house is not the original, was formerly called a lusttuintje (pleasure garden): it was more a country house than a real plantation house. The name means France, and in 1826 it was also called Fransje. Both Fransje and the former Dinootje lie north of Rooi Catootje. Francia lies to the west, and Dinootje lies at the level of the Protestant Technical School on the Cas Coraweg. Francia was bought in 1803 by Abraham Pinedo, owner of plantation Koningsplein.

Dinootje, in popular speech also known as Noortje Berg, appears in documents under various names: Dinoortjeberg, Dien(n)oortje, Dienorchi, Dinórchi, Dinoorchi, Djonoramartha, Dianora or Djanoramarta. All are derived from Djanora Marta or Djanora Martis (1826), probably the first owner of the lands, which date from the 17th and 18th centuries. On the lands of Dinootje a stone dwelling still stood in the 19th century, which was demolished when it was added to Rooi Catootje.

Fransje and Dinootje

Dinootje and Fransje were affectionate pet names for violent bandit neighbourhoods.

Both were inhabited by free people in impoverished circumstances, "whose standard of living in bad times was lower than that of enslaved people. The longing for social-emotional bonding was the cause of the emergence of gang formation, as a result of which the inhabitants of Fransje and Dinootje were more feared by the whites than enslaved people were," according to the author Hoetink.

Brenneker writes that they were bandit villages where no stranger was admitted and which were avoided by the police. Parties, incest, fights and murders were the order of the day until the authorities carried out a big clean-up and sold the lands to private individuals. Both Fransje and Dinootje are now upmarket villa neighbourhoods.

Sources

  • Brenneker, P. Sambumbu, various editions
  • Nooijen, N: de geschiedenis van plantage Koningsplein (the history of plantation Koningsplein)
  • Langenfeld, E.: Antilliaans Dagblad, 17 July 2006: Landhuis Vriendenwijk.

With thanks to Jeroen Heuvel

The accompanying photos of the little plantation house Francia were taken in 2010 by Anita de Moulin – R.I.P.