Sint Willibrordus
Sint Willibrordus | |
|---|---|
 St. Willibrordus Church | |
  Sint Willibrordus Location in Curaçao | |
| Coordinates:12°13′01″N69°03′54″W/ 12.217°N 69.065°W | |
| State | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Country | Curaçao |
| District | Bandabou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.52 km2(9.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 588 |
| • Density | 25/km2(65/sq mi) |
| Climate | Tropical savanna climate |
Sint Willibrordusis a village inBandabouon the western half ofCuraçao,northwest of the Bullen Bay and about 25 km from the capitalWillemstad.The village has been called this since the dedication of the church in 1888; until then, the town of Buitenbosch or as called in the Papiaments 'Mondi Afó' was called.[3]The village of several hundred inhabitants has an imposing Roman Catholic church in neo-Gothic style,[4]designed by the Rotterdam architect Evert Margry, for which the first stone was laid by Vincentius Jansen and was built from 1884 to 1888. Earlier in the nineteenth century, a school and an orphanage had been built by mission patrons.[citation needed]
A few kilometres from Saint Willibrordus are two of Curaçao's many picturesque bays:Porto Marie Bay[5]andDaaibooiBay.[6]
Near the village are some of thesalt pansare no longer in use, including those of the salt pan Rif St. Marie, one of the oldest plantations on the island. Now only a few dilapidated walls can be seen.Flamingosregularly stay in the salt pans.[6]Near the village is also the rock formation known as El Indjan (The Indian).[7]
There used to be a connection between the village and the Bullen Bay via the Saliña Sint Marie and the Boka Sint Marie.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^Buurtprofiel Willibrordus 2011,p. 8.
- ^"Census 2011".Central Bureau of Statistics.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Buurtprofiel Willibrordus 2011,p. 10.
- ^"Restauratie Sint Willibrorduskerk Curaçao".Werkgroup Caraibische Letteren(in Dutch).Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Buurtprofiel Willibrordus 2011,p. 13.
- ^abBuurtprofiel Willibrordus 2011,p. 11.
- ^"SINT WILLIBRORDUS CURACAO".Immo Abroad.Retrieved21 April2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- Buurtprofiel Willibrordus (2011)."Buurtprofiel Willibrordus"(PDF).Government of Curaçao(in Dutch).
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