Dutch for "Jewish savannah," this is an interesting, 61-acre UNESCO World Heritage Site on the densely forested banks of the Suriname River, an hour-and-a-half drive from Paramaribo, which marks a settlement established in 1651 by Sephardic Jews fleeing persecution in Italy, the Netherlands, and Portugal, and a few years later Brazil. They developed sugarcane plantations worked by African slaves and battled the Kali’na people already living in the area. All that remains today are the remnants of of Berache ve Shalom Synagogue (above) and three cemeteries where the headstones are inscribed in Hebrew, Portuguese, and Dutch. 

Read more in my post An Introduction to Suriname, and 6 Spots Not to Miss.

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