Through the opening you can see the sea and how lovely is that. One of the advantages of staying on an island. This fort, called Fort Beekenburg, can be found on the beautiful tropical island of Curaçao.
Fort Beekenburg was built to defend Spanish Water in 1703. At the time, it was one of the few places where people could easily go ashore from the sea. The Fort proved its worth, several times stopping the English and pirates. The fort was built with stones from the Waal area, which is because stones used to be carried in ships as ballast. The fort owes its name to Nicolaas van Beek, then Governor.