West-Indisch Huis (Amsterdam)

In this building, the Dutch West India Company's governors in 1625 ordered the construction of a fort on the island of Manhattan, laying the foundations for New York City.

The West-Indisch Huis is located on the Herenmarkt, a small square between the Haarlemmerstraat and Brouwersgracht canal in the center of Amsterdam.

The building has municipal monument status and is in use as office space and venue for conferences, weddings and other events.

The building underwent renovations that included removal of the high front porch and plastering of the facade.

In the courtyard, a fountain was placed with a bronze statue of Peter Stuyvesant, governor of New Netherland, the Dutch colony on the east coast of what is now the United States.