Built or owned by Dutch

Connected Sites: 25

Sites outside the current borders of the Netherlands that were built or owned by Dutch persons.

Connected Sites

  • Paramaribo
    Paramaribo
    Suriname
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.38
    42
    3
    Dutch colonial public buildings, such as Fort Zeelandia (1667), the Presidential Palace (1730), the Ministry of Finance (1841), the Reformed Church (1837), and the Roman Catholic Cathedral (1885)
  • Robben Island
    Robben Island
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.63
    122
    9
    Via the Dutch East India Company "In 1652 Jan Van Riebeeck, working for the Dutch East India Company, saw in the island an important refueling site on the trading route between Western Europe and India. Sailors began to stop on the island in order hunt seals for fresh meat and to trade with locals for cattle and sheep. This refreshment of supplies was important in order to avoid such deadly diseases as scurvy and dysentery. Throughout the 1650's and 60's the island became more and more popular. Dutch sailors began to colonize the island, mining stone for buildings and lighting warning fires at night in order to keep boats from running ashore on the islands rocky coast. settlers. " Until 1795.
  • Olinda
    Olinda
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.06
    46
    4
    In 1630, the Dutch invade Olinda and dominate Pernambuco. The dominance lasted from 1630 to 1654.
  • Salvador de Bahia
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.35
    74
    4
    Dutch owned from 10 May 1624 - 30 Apr. 1625
  • La Fortaleza and San Juan
    La Fortaleza and San Juan
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.25
    121
    5
    Dutch owned from Sep. 1625 - 2 Nov. 1625 abandoned. The Dutch occupied only the town and the fort of Canuela in the bay entrance. The fort of Canuela is retaken by the Spanish after three weeks.
  • Riga
    Riga
    Latvia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.54
    356
    15
    Von Dannenstern House at 21 Marstalu iela in the Old Town, which was built by the Dutch merchant of the same name who owned a wine shop in Riga.
    See www.riga.lv
  • Elvas
    Elvas
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.15
    157
    7
    The fortifications were designed by the Dutch Jesuit Cosmander, based on the treatise of fortification engineer Samuel Marolois, whose work together with that of Simon Stevin and Adam Fritach launched the Dutch school of fortification worldwide. (AB ev)
  • Vredefort Dome
    Vredefort Dome
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 2005
    1.97
    36
    4
    Dutch settlers arrived at 1836 and established large farms
  • Stralsund and Wismar
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.79
    223
    11
    The Wasserkunst in Wismar was designed by the Dutch architect Philipp Brandin.
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    662
    13
    Santa Maria dell'Anima: The church found its origin in 1350, when Johannes (Jan) and Katharina Peters of Dordrecht bought three houses and turned it into a private hospice for pilgrims, at the occasion of the Jubilee of 1350 (wiki)
  • Banc d'Arguin
    Banc d'Arguin
    Mauritania
    Inscribed: 1989
    2.32
    15
    2
    Arguin Island (part of the WHS) was captured from Portugal by the Dutch 1633-78 (apart from a brief recapture by England in 1665). And then again -this time taken from the French in 1722-4
  • Old Town of Galle
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.02
    173
    6
    Fortress, city walls, protestant church
  • Kunta Kinteh Island
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.07
    44
    5
    The Dutch briefly held the fort from 1659 until the British captured it in 1661.
  • Statue of Liberty
    Statue of Liberty
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.30
    516
    19
    Liberty Island, formerly called Bedloe's Island after its first Dutch owner Isaac Bedloo
  • São Luis
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.72
    37
    5
    The Dutch captured it from Portugal in 1641 and stayed until 1645.
  • Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.85
    11
    4
    In 1898, coal mining at Soengai Doerian was the biggest mining project operated by the Netherlands colonial government. (AB ev)
  • Nice
    Nice
    France
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.78
    354
    5
    The Villa Il Paradiso was built for the Dutch baron Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de Haar. The Van Zuylen family owned the villa until 1942. (Nomination file, p. 146)
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Muskauer Park
    Muskauer Park
    Germany, Poland
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.62
    151
    8
    Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, bought it in 1846
  • Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.56
    183
    10
    Oranienbaum: The former settlement of Nischwitz was renamed in 1673 after Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, a scion of the House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Oranje-Nassau) and princess consort of the then ruling Prince John George II of Anhalt-Dessau. From 1683 on she had the Oranienbaum Palace erected according to plans by the Dutch architect Cornelis Ryckwaert. (wiki)
  • Forts and Castles Gold Coast
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.87
    57
    8
    Elmina Castle, English Fort (Fort Vrendenburg), Komenda Fort Amsterdam, Abandze Fort Patience (Fort Leysaemhyt), Apam Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya Beraku Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina, Fort Batenstein, (Butre) -converted to a fort from a Swedish settlement by the Dutch
  • Cape Floral Region
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.40
    172
    5
    The whole area, including for example Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden "In 1660 a hedge of wild almond (Brabejum stellatifolium) and brambles was planted to form the boundary of the (Dutch) colony. Sections of this hedge, known as van Riebeeck's hedge, still exist in Kirstenbosch"
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.21
    17
    4
    Fernando de Noronha - In 1628, it was occupied by the Dutch, who were displaced two years later by a Spanish-Portuguese military expedition. The Dutch occupied the island once again in 1635, making it a hospital for their troops who occupied Northeastern Brazil. It would remain under Dutch control for nearly twenty years, when it was reconquered by Portugal.
  • Melaka and George Town
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    244
    8
    Melaka - a new fortress on St. John's Hill, converted the former Governor's residence into the Stadthuis, catholic St. Peter's Church, protestant Christ Church
  • Island of Gorée
    Inscribed: 1978
    2.89
    69
    3
    1588 - The Dutch chose the island of Gorée to be one of their slave ports. 1659 - The French established themselves on the Island of San Luis, at the mouth of the Senegal River. 1677 - The French seized Gorée. A year later the Treaty of Nijmegen confirmed the conquest.
  • Sintra
    Sintra
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.88
    404
    14
    The Seteais Palace was built between 1783 and 1787 for the Dutch consul Daniel Gildemeester (wiki)