Fort Zeelandia
E151672
Fort Zeelandia is a historic 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that played a central role in the city’s military and administrative history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anping Fort (Fort Zeelandia) | 1 |
| Fort Zeelandia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1328986 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Zeelandia Context triple: [Paramaribo, hasLandmark, Fort Zeelandia]
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A.
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
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B.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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C.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
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D.
Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Zeelandia Target entity description: Fort Zeelandia is a historic 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that played a central role in the city’s military and administrative history.
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A.
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan that served as the administrative and military center of New Netherland.
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B.
Fort Willem Hendrick
Fort Willem Hendrick was a 17th-century Dutch colonial fortification in what is now Lower Manhattan, serving as a key military and administrative center of New Netherland.
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C.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
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D.
Santa Cruz Fort
Santa Cruz Fort is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the city of Oran in Algeria, known for its strategic hilltop position and panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a historic former military installation and coastal defense fortification located at the Narrows in New York Harbor, now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fortress
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Dutch colonial architecture ⓘ |
| builder | Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| builtBy | Dutch colonists ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
English colonists ⓘ Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| country | Suriname ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
site of memory for Suriname’s political history
ⓘ
symbol of Dutch colonial presence in Suriname ⓘ |
| currentUse |
cultural venue
ⓘ
museum complex ⓘ |
| function |
central role in Paramaribo’s administrative history
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central role in Paramaribo’s military history ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bastions
ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ museum galleries ⓘ prison cells ⓘ ramparts ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Paramaribo ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Paramaribo
ⓘ
surface form:
Paramaribo District
|
| locatedInTime | 17th century ⓘ |
| locatedOn | left bank of the Suriname River ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Government of Suriname
ⓘ
surface form:
Surinamese government
|
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Zeeland
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch province of Zeeland
Zeeland ⓘ |
| nearby |
Independence Square, Paramaribo
ⓘ
Presidential Palace of Suriname ⓘ Waterkant (Paramaribo waterfront) ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Surinamese authorities ⓘ |
| partOf |
Paramaribo
ⓘ
surface form:
Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
|
| previousName | Fort Willoughby ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
December murders of 1982
ⓘ
Dutch recapture of Suriname from the English in the 17th century ⓘ use as a site of political repression during the military regime in the 1980s ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative center
ⓘ
military defense ⓘ museum ⓘ prison ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Zeelandia Description of subject: Fort Zeelandia is a historic 17th-century Dutch colonial fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that played a central role in the city’s military and administrative history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anping Fort (Fort Zeelandia)