Eudensavannah Archaeological Site: Eudensavannah Settlement and Kasipola Creek Cemetery
<p>The archaeological site of Jodensavanne is located in northern Suriname, nestled in dense forests on the banks of the Suriname River. The collection of sites represents early Jewish attempts at colonization in the New World. The Jodensavanne settlement was established in the 1680s and includes the remains of what is believed to be the first architecturally significant synagogue in the Americas, as well as a cemetery, a boat landing area, and a military outpost. The Cassipora creek is the remains of an earlier settlement, established in the 1650s. The settlement was embedded in indigenous territory and was inhabited, owned and governed by Jews who lived alongside free and slave people of African descent. The settlement had the most extensive privileges and immunities known from the early modern Jewish world.</p>