mowicfoundation

MOWIC Foundation

FOUNDATION FOR EXPLORATION AND CONSERVATION OF MONUMENTS OF THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY. DUTCH FOUNDATION FOR SHARED CULTURAL HERITAGE

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THE MOWIC FOUNDATION WILL REVEIL THE MYSTIC TRUTH OF SHARED CULTURAL HISTORY. HISTORY IS THE WORLD'S PAST MADE BY MANKIND

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ADMINISTRATION

PATRON: PROF.DR.IR. COENRAAD LIEBRECHT TEMMINCK GROLL. MEMBER OF HONOUR: DRS.M.A.M. ORNSTEIN

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MOWIC 's BOARD

PRESIDENT: MRS.DR. HANNEDEA C. VAN NEDERVEEN MEERKERK; VICE-PRESIDENT and ACTING SECRETARY: MRS.DR. WILLY H. METZ; TREASURER: F.W.J.A.,SANDER, VISSER 'T HOOFT; 2-ND SECRETARY: MRS.DRS. RENEE E. VAN ASBECK-HESSELS; MEMBERS: JHR.IR. DIEDERIK L. SIX and MRS.DRS.LOUISE J., WESTERMANN-VAN DER STEEN In 2004 MOWIC´s President has been inaugurated as a Cityzen of Honour of the Island of Itamaracá,PE, Brazil, and the same year as an Officer of the Order of Rio Branco.

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SUPERIOR COUNCIL

PROF.DR. J.J.M. FRANSE; DRS. DRS.JACOB GELT DEKKER; DRS. CAREL P. DE HASETH; BONNO H. HYLKEMA; PROF.DR. PIET C.EMMER; DR. PETER REHWINKEL; mr.REINIER W.L. RUSSELL; mr. ROBERT-JAN SIEBEN.

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FORT ORANGE PROJECT

THE FORT ORANGE PROJECT CONSISTS OF FOUR ELEMENTS:1. HISTORICAL-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; 2.PROTECTION AGAINST EROSION; 3.RESTAURATION; 4.FUNCTION

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FORT ORANGE,ITAMARACA, PE

FORT ORANGE ON ITAMARACA HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN 1631 BY SOLDIERS SERVING THE WIC. ARCHITECT: PIETER VAN BUUREN.

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DUTCH PERIOD

HISTORICAL EXPLORATION & ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS. GOAL: DIGGING FOR THE ORIGINAL DUTCH OUTLINES OF FORT ORANGE.

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HGIS-C

THE HOMOGENEOUS GROUP FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION ON CULTURAL AFFAIRS OF THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED THE HISTORICAL-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF FORT ORANGE, PE.

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FADE & UFPE

FADE: FUNDACAO DE APOIO EM DESENVOLVIMENTO DA UFPE. THE FADE IS THE FOUNDATION FOR ADMINSTRATION OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO. MOWIC CO-ORDINATED THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION TOGETHER WITH FADE

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RESEARCH

MOWIC WORKED TOGETHER WITH A BRAZILIAN ORGANISATION, THE LABORATORIO DE ARQUEOLOGIA DA UFPE (LA). THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM PARTICIPATED BY SENDING SOME STUDENTS TO THE PROJECT.

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HER MAJESTY QUEEN BEATRIX

THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE WILLEM-ALEXANDER AND HER ROYAL HIGNESS PRINCESS MAXIMA VISITED FORT ORANGE ON 28 MARCH 2003. THIS HAS BEEN THE FIRST ROYAL VISIT TO THE ISLAND OF ITAMARACA, SINCE THE BRAZILIAN EMPEROR, DOM PEDRO II, WENT TO ITAMARACA IN 1859

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JOHAN MAURITS VAN NASSAU

NASSAU (1604-1679) AS A GOVERNOR OF DUTCH BRAZIL, FOUNDED MAURITSSTAD WITH PALACES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE (2 BRIDGES), FORT MAURITS AT PENEDO AND TOOK CARTOGRAPHERS, ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS WITH HIM TO THE NEW WORLD. HE COOPERATED WITH PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND RELIGIONS AT THAT TIME AND INTRODUCED A MUNICIPAL BOARD AS A SMALL PARLIAMENT. COLONIAL ENLIGHTENMENT-avant-la-lettre.

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TRILHA DOS HOLANDESES

AN OLD TRAIL BETWEEN FORT ORANGE AND VILA VELHA ON ITAMARACA IS BEEN CLEANED UP AND FORSEEN OF INFORMATION PANELS, PAINTED BY THE ARTIST LUIZ JASMIN. A NEW BRIDGE HAS BEEN BUILT AT THE PORTO DOS HOLANDESES NEAR VILA VELHA. FROM 1635-1654 VILA VELHA WAS CALLED "SCHOPSTAD" AFTER COLONEL SIGISMUNDUS VON SCHOPPE.

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THE TRILHA PROJECT

THE ORGANISATION OF THE TRILHA PROJECT, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE, HAS BEEN LED BY THE ONG NASSAU 400-ANOS AND MOWIC. OTHER PARTICIPANTS WERE FUNDARPE, PREFEITURA DE ITAMARACA AND ONG RECIFESCOLA.

SPONSORS TRILHA PROJECT

DUTCH EMBASSY BRASIL; PREFEITURA DE ITAMARACA; COPERGAS; NGO EUROBRAS F.P.; AHOLD-BRASIL; PETROBRAS; DIEDERIK VAN NEDERVEEN MEERKERK INC.

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PONTE DA VILA VELHA

THE BRIDGE WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY IR. FRANCISCO DE ASSIS PEREIRA DAVI. MATERIALS: MASSARANDUBA AND PIQUE DE AMAZONAS

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PICTURES

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JEWS IN THE DUTCH COLONY

CONVERTED JEWS FROM PORTUGAL, CRISTAOS NOVOS, FOUNDED THE SUGAR CULTURE. IN DUTCH TIMES: SEFARDIC JEWS and later on ASHKENAZIN, too, colonized the Dutch colonies from the beginning of the foundation of the WIC in 1621. WITHOUT THEM, BRAZIL NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPPED IN THE WAY IT DID. THE SYNAGOGUE IN RECIFE, 1636, HAS BEEN THE FIRST OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

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NEW PROJECTS

New projects in the former WIC territories: BRAZIL and the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES are planned. We hope to be able contributing to the preservation of STON (H)OSO, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME. IN THE CONVENT OF SAINT ANTHONY, RECIFE, PE BRAZIL, MoWIC PREPARES, TOGETHER WITH FUNDARPE, A RESTAURATION AND EDUCATION PROJECT ibo CA.1000 BLUE-WHITE, DUTCH TILES FROM THE S.XVII.

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NEW!!! 1000 DUTCH TILES

1000 DUTCH 17th-CENTURY TILES in the CONVENTO SANTO ANTONIO IN RECIFE, BRAZIL, ARE WAITING FOR RESTAURATION. MOWIC IS LOOKING FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT !!! PLEASE CONTACT THE MOWIC TILES-COMMISSION: , , and THANK YOU SO MUCH / MUITO OBRIGADO !!