|
Christoffelpark is a protected nature area at the Northwestern end of the island of Curaçao. Notable for its flora, fauna, culture and history, the park includes three former plantations, Plantage Savonet, Plantage Zorgvlied and Plantage Zevenbergen, a mine complex, Newton, and the island's highest point, Christoffel Mountain (). The park covers almost 2000 hectares and has been part of Curaçao's national park system since 1978. the park is run by the Carmabi Foundation (Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity) and can be explored by visitors by car, bike, horse or on foot. ==History== Plantage Savonet in Christoffelpark is one of the earliest plantations to be founded on Curaçao. the irrigation system is still reasonably intact. Attempts were made to cultivate aloe, indigofera, sorghum, corn, cotton, and beans. Cows, sheep, goats and poultry were also farmed on the plantation. The plantation houses of Savonet and Zorgvlied (situated at the mountain side of the park) were built on the island in the eighteenth century. Of Zorgvlied only ruins remain. About west of Zorgvlied ruins is the house of the 'bomba', the slave in charge of other slaves, and a 'slave-pole'. Roads in the park were bitumised in 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christoffelpark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|