Back Fort Zeelandia AF حصن زيلانديا (حصن فى سورينام) ARZ Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo) German Fuerte Zeelandia (Paramaribo) Spanish Fort Zeelandia (Suriname) French Forte Zeelandia Italian Zelandijos fortas LT ഫോർട്ട് സീലാൻഡിയ (പരമാരിബൊ) Malayalam Fort Zeelandia (Suriname) Dutch Fort Zeelandia (Surinam) NB
| Fort Zeelandia | |
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| Part of Suriname | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Fort_Zeelandia_top_view_(photo_5)_located_at_Abraham_Crijnssenweg_1_paramaribo,_suriname.jpg) Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Map_of_Paramaribo_District.png)  Fort Zeelandia | |
| Coordinates | 5°49′31″N 55°09′00″W / 5.8252°N 55.149872°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1651 |
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Fort Zeelandia is a fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname. In 1640 the French built a wooden fort on the spot which, during British colonial period, was reinforced and became Fort Willoughby. It was taken by the Dutch in 1667 and renamed Fort Zeelandia.[1]