Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam

Commewijne District · Suriname

Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam, Suriname
Photo: Ihsaan Justin Shameem (Jxshots__), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
August to November
Budget
$
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A star-shaped 18th-century fort at the meeting of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers, built to guard the approach to Paramaribo. Its earthworks and old buildings now form an open-air museum of Surinamese history.

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