{"id":7676,"date":"2011-06-16T18:53:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/?p=7676"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:50:04","slug":"fort-nassau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/fort-nassau\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Nassau"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Once the capital of the Dutch colony of Berbice, Fort Nassau is now a 17th century ruin of a seat of government, which is now also known as the base from which the famous 1763 rebellion had its origins.<\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Built by Abraham Van Pere, a Dutch merchant, in 1697 on the eastern bank of the Berbice River, and now upstream of New Amsterdam, Fort Nassau was constructed mainly of wood, and surrounded by strong fences made from tall, pointed posts that are called palisades. Today, only the foundations of these interior structures remain; these include the soldiers\u2019 barracks, the main building, which housed the higher-ranked authorities, and a redoubt. There are also grave plots and a church. Some suggest that there is also the “talking tree” of Fort Nassau, which is purported to have been used to send messages during the 1763 rebellion.<\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">The original fort was burnt by the French in 1712, but it was rebuilt by the Dutch. It was destroyed by order of Governor Van Hoogenheim in 1763 to prevent its capture by the rebelling slaves. The fort was eventually abandoned by 1785, and the new settlement, named Fort St. Andries, was created downstream. This new settlement eventually became the town of New Amsterdam, as it is known today.<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7677\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7677\" title=\"The base of the so-called 'Talking tree' of Fort Nassau (L Hernandez)\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-5-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-5-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-5-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-5.jpg 1474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The base of the so-called ‘Talking tree’ of Fort Nassau (L Hernandez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7678\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7678\" title=\"Historic illustration of Fort Nassau, capital of the colony of Berbice. 1770 \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-6-300x209.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-6-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-6-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-6.jpg 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historic illustration of Fort Nassau, capital of the colony of Berbice. 1770<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7679\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7679\" title=\"All that remains of a structure in the centuries-old fort (L Hernandez)\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-7-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-7.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All that remains of a structure in the centuries-old fort (L Hernandez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7680\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7680\" title=\"One of the graves in the grave plots at the historic fort (L Hernandez)\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-8-300x269.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-8-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-8.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the graves in the grave plots at the historic fort (L Hernandez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once the capital of the Dutch colony of Berbice, Fort Nassau is now a 17th century ruin of a seat of government, which is now also known as the base from which the famous 1763 rebellion had its origins. Built by Abraham Van Pere, a Dutch merchant, in 1697 on the eastern bank of the Berbice River, and now upstream of New Amsterdam, Fort Nassau was constructed mainly of wood, and surrounded by strong fences made from tall, pointed posts that are called palisades. Today, only the foundations of these…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[57,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-travel-tourism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Guyana-Times-International_22-5.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7676"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23657,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676\/revisions\/23657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guyanatimesinternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}