Grőot Piscadera is a neighbourhood of

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, a

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island in the

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

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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. 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

University of Curaçao The Dr. Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez University of Curaçao, formerly University of The Netherlands Antilles (UNA; ), is the state university of Curaçao. It is a public university, graduating approximately three hundred students per year. Th ...

was built in Groot Piscadera in the 1970s.

Julianadorp

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

oil refinery An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial processes, industrial process Factory, plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refining, refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, Bitumen, asphalt base, ...

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, a Lesser Antilles island in the Dutch Caribbean. It is better known as Emmastad, a villa ward built by Royal Dutch Shell for its employees. Emmastad is officially part of Groot Kwartier. ...

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 A gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences ...

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.

References

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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