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Spanning St. Anna Bay, the Queen Emma floating bridge at Willemstad, Curaçao, is the oldest permanent wooden pontoon bridge in the world. Known as the “Swinging Old Lady,” the now-pedestrian-only bridge connects Willemstad's two halves, Punda and Otrobanda, and was named after Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, who was queen consort of the Netherlands during its construction in 1888.
Willemstad, Curaçao's capital city, began as Dutch colonial trading and administrative settlement in 1634, with the construction of Fort Amsterdam on Sint Anna Bay. The red, blue, yellow ochre, and green on Willemstad buildings date from 1817, when the previous white-lime finish was prohibited to protect eyesight from the glare.
Spanish and Portuguese Jews from the Netherlands and Brazil built the Mikvé Israel-Emanuel (The Hope of Israel-Emanuel) synagogue in Willemstad, Curaçao. Consecrated in 1732, it is the oldest synagogue in continuous use in the Americas. Willemstad was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997 for its colorful and historical Dutch colonial architecture that includes the synagogue, one of the city’s major tourist sites. 
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