Aruba
Historical name
Fort Zoutman - Toren Willem III
Founding Date
1798 – 1826
Address
Centro de Oranjestad / Centre of Oranjestad.
Responsible entity
Historical Museum of Aruba FoundationManagement plan
Classification
Construction
Category
National monument
Function-Testimony
Place of confinement
Access level
Exclusive
Current Use
Historical Museum of Aruba
Original use
Military Defense Fort
Property kind
State
Expressions of intangible heritage associated
Though not specifically or exclusively related to Fort Zoutman, both the historical exposition and the cultural events in Fort Zoutman, portray aspects of African slave history on Aruba. Two of them are the role of slavery in relation to Papiamento as Aruba’s national language and tambú music as a local form of national and traditional expressions or manifestations with African origins.