Other Districts
Location: Juwana Morto, San Nicolas Year Built: 1942 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba When World War II broke out in 1939 and Holland was occupied in May 1940, the need to defend the overseas territories of the Dutch Kingdom in the Caribbean was felt. At Juwana Morto a coastal battery was built in [...]
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Location: Alto Vista Year Built: 1952 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Private The original Alto Vista Chapel was a primitive church built in 1750 by a half-breed Indian from Alto Vista. It was just a hut made out of branches and wood and covered with twigs. The Alto Vista chapel was consecrated by a Capuchin priest [...]
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Location: Balashi/Frenchman's Pass Year Built: 1899 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba The first gold mining industry was located at the Bushiribana Gold Smelter, where the Aruba Gold Mining Company was active till 1899. In that year, the company was dissolved and a new one was founded in London, the Aruba Gold Concessions, Ltd. [...]
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Address: L.G. Smith Blvd 172 Year Built: 1929 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba The Eagle Refinery was established by the Royal Dutch Shell in the 1920’s. It stood where now the low-rise hotels, the golf course and the hospital are located. The Eagle Refinery got its name being an affiliate of the Mexican [...]
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Address: Bubali 119 Year Built: 1918 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: Private Mansion Quinta del Carmen was built in 1918 by Adriaan Laclé, a prominent local businessman. As many rich Arubans before him, he built the large weekend house in the countryside. He named it after his daughter Maria del Carmen. The Laclé family did [...]
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Location: Bushiribana, Matavidiri Year Built: 1872 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: Government of Aruba In 1824, alluvial gold was discovered in Rooi Fluit, in a dry river bed near the North coast. Soon thereafter, gold veins were discovered in several places in the north-western part of the island. Between 1824 to 1915, several companies have [...]
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Location: Kibaima, Balashi Year Built: 1932 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: Government of Aruba These water tanks, at about 50 meters above sea level, were designed by Mr. Pieter van Stuivenberg and were built around the year 1932. Total capacity was The water flowed from the tanks through a system of pipes to the water [...]
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Location: Hato / Sero Patrishi/Savaneta Year Built: Unknown Monument status: Protected (Hato, Savaneta) Ownership: Monuments Fund Aruba (Hato) Commanders were the highest authorities on our island, from the mid-17th to the mid-19th century. Aruba fell under the Dutch West India Company from 1636 and remained subordinate to Curaçao until after 1950. Commanders were usually high [...]
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Location: Hudishibana Year Built: 1915 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Monuments Fund Aruba The construction of the California Lighthouse commenced in 1915, with its name, ‘California,’ being derived from a ship of the West India Company and Pacific Steamship Co. named ‘California,’ which had wrecked in the vicinity in 1891. As a result of this maritime [...]
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Address: Pos Abou 19 Year Built: Monument status: Protected Ownership: Monuments Fund Aruba 'Cas Tan Tin’, a classic Cunucu house, built by Mario and Johanna Tromp, where they raised their nine children. Mario also tended to the cultivation of fruits and vegetables like okra, cucumbers, and pumpkins for their personal consumption. The term 'Cunucu houses' [...]
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