Fort Zeelandia

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Suriname, Paramaribo, old fort called Zeelandia.

Inside well-restored Fort Zeelandia, a star-shaped, 18th-century fort built on the site where the first colonists alighted, is the worthwhile Stichting Surinaams Museum, as well as the Baka Foto restaurant.

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