Groot Piscadera is a neighbourhood of

Willemstad Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles pr ...

, Curaçao. It is better known as Julianadorp, a villa ward built by

Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yo ...

for its employees. Julianadorp is officially part of Groot Piscadera.

History

Groot Piscadera was a plantation from the late 17th century, and was owned by

Dutch West Indies Company The Dutch West India Company ( nl, Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie, ''WIC'' or ''GWC''; ; en, Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors. Among its founders was Willem Usselincx ...

. In 1707, the plantation was rented to planters. In 1928, Groot Piscadera and Klein Hofje were bought by

and used as a water extraction area. The

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was built in Groot Piscadera in the 1970s.

Julianadorp

Royal Dutch Shell started to bring large numbers workers, teachers, civil servants and businessmen to Curaçao to work at their

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or provide services for the employees. In October 1929, 40 houses were constructed in Groot Piscadera. Between 1945 until 1955, Julianadorp and

Emmastad Groot Kwartier is a neighbourhood of Willemstad, Curaçao. It is better known as Emmastad, a villa ward built by Royal Dutch Shell for its employees. Emmastad is officially part of Groot Kwartier. History Groot Kwartier started as a plantation i ...

were constructed as residential neighbourhoods for the employees of Royal Dutch Shell. Julianadorp consisted of luxurious villas aligned along the trade winds for ventilation. It was a segregated and gated community where blacks and coloureds were only allowed entry with a special pass. In the 1960s, Shell started selling the houses, and by 1985, all houses had become private property. Julianadorp is no longer gated, and has been integrated in Groot Piscadera.

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*{{cite web, url=https://gobiernu.cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Groot_Piscadera.pdf , title=Buurtprofiel Groot Piscadera, last1=Buurtprofiel Groot Piscadera, year=2011, website=Government of Curaçao, language=nl Populated places in Curaçao Willemstad