Marienburg, Suriname

Mariënburg is a former sugarcane plantation, factory and village, situated in the district of Commewijne, in northern Suriname.

In 1745, Mariënburg was founded as a sugar plantation by Maria de la Jaille.

[2] The Society wanted to establish a central sugarcane factory, which had to be able to handle the surrounding plantations.

The following day, on 30 July, people were arrested, after angry workers marched to the office.

[4] Over a century later, on 30 July 2006, Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe unveiled a monument at Mariënburg in memory of the uprising and resulting dead, under the initiative of the Fallen Heroes Foundation of 1902.

Javanese gamelan player, during the Dutch royal visit of 1955
The sugar refinery director's house, in 1955