Curaçao Has the Oldest Continuously Used Synagogue in the Americas

Willemstad's harbor was a key trading center, a history now remembered at the Kura Hulanda Museum.

These colonial country houses are often painted in bright colors and some now serve as museums.

Its position off Venezuela makes direct hurricane hits rare compared with other Caribbean islands.

That year the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved, and Curaçao gained self-governance within the Kingdom.