Country
Guiana
City / Region
Essequibo (Região 7: Cuyuni-Mazaruni)
Construction Date
Around 1616 (Dutch, on a previous post).
Conservation status
Ruins. Site cleared in 1910; artifacts in the Museum of Dutch Heritage. National Monument (1999), under the care of the National Trust of Guyana.
Latitude and Longitude
6°22'41.3"N 58°41'20.0"W
Main characteristics
Second Dutch trading post in Essequibo; colonial administrative center; name means "See over all"; 2-story brick structure (c. 1672); faced English/French attacks; abandoned c. 1748; site visited during the border dispute (1897). Located on an island at the confluence of the Essequibo, Cuyuni, and Mazaruni rivers.
Source(s)
NATIONAL TRUST OF GUYANA. Fort Kyk-Over-Al. Disponível em: https://ntg.gov.gy/monument/fort-kyk-over-al/. Acesso em: 21 abr. 2025.
NATIONAL TRUST OF GUYANA. Regional Monuments. Disponível em: https://ntg.gov.gy/monument-type/regional-monuments/page/20/. Acesso em: 21 abr. 2025.