Other Districts
Location: Palm Beach (Noord district) Period built: 1961 - '62 Status: historical landmark; not protected Ownership: private 'De Olde Molen', a landmark with a Touch of Dutch. Aruba's first luxury resort was the Aruba Caribbean Hotel. Soon after its opening in 1959, people realized that the island needed more than just luxury resorts to attract [...]
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Location: Dieselstraat/Wattstraat, Pos Chiquito Period built: 1949 - '50 Status: Industrial Heritage; not protected Ownership: private Aruba's first experience with lights and electricity started with the establishment of the Aruba Gold Company at Balashi. In 1924 a Dutch investor named Mr. A.J.P. van Meeteren acquired a concession to establish Aruba's first power company. The power [...]
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Location: between Pos Chiquito and Savaneta Period built: 1962 - '65 Status: abandoned, in ruins Mr. Adolfo Oduber, owner of a welding shop in Pos Chiquito, made plans in 1959 to build a small bridge through the mangrove forest separating his house from the sea, allowing him to reach the seafront more quickly. This required [...]
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Location: between Balashi and Pos Chiquito Year Built: 1929 - 30 Status: Not protected Category: Infrastructural heritage Until about a century ago, connections with the south-east side of the island were limited to an unpaved road passing through the Frenchman's Pass, Rooi Frances. It took travelers almost a day to get to the other side [...]
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Location: between Lago refinery and Seroe Colorado Period built: 1920s - 1960s Monument status: not protected Category: historical neighborhood A neighborhood such as the Lago Colony may be considered a heritage area or a heritage asset. It may be recognized for its historical, architectural or cultural significance. The hamlet of San Nicolas and its surroundings, [...]
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Location: Bucutiweg (no number) Year Built: 1942 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: Aruba Airport Authority The first aircraft to land on Aruban soil was the KLM Fokker 'SNIP' (PJ-AIS), which brought mail from Holland after a first, historic transatlantic flight, on December 23, 1934. It landed on a field on the seashore of Savaneta. In [...]
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Address: Caya Frans Figaroa 16 Year Built: 1916 Status: Not protected Ownership: Diocese of Willemstad Saint Anne's Church in Noord is the second Catholic church built in Aruba, after the Alto Vista Chapel. It was founded in 1776 and was little more than a mud building with a thatched roof. In 1831, a brick building [...]
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Address: J E Irausquin Blvd 81, Noord Year Built: 1958/9 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: private Shortly after 1950, there were only two simple tourist hotels on Aruba: the Coral Strand Hotel, now Talk of the Town Resort, and the Basi Ruti on Palm Beach, where Playa Linda Resort now stands. But in the mid-1950s, [...]
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Location: Parke Nacional Arikok Year Built: 1935 Monument status: Not protected Ownership: Parke Nacional Arikok Aruba is known for its dry climate; there are no rivers and hardly any wells. But on the North Coast there is an oasis with a natural spring: Fontein. In the 18th and 19th centuries the plantation was owned by [...]
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address: Noord 2 Year Built: 1958 Monument status: Protected Ownership: Government of Aruba In 1950, the Catholic Church of Aruba, very concerned about the fate of abandoned children, asked Mother Imelda, Mother Superior of the Dominican Sisters of Bethany in the Netherlands, to come and take care of the orphans of the island. The construction [...]
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