Point your phone at a heritage marker and unlock archival photographs, historical stories, and 3D models — no app download required.
What is Kuenta?
Kuenta — "to count" and "to tell" in Papiamento — is a free, browser-based platform that layers archival evidence, oral history, and 3D reconstruction directly onto Aruba's protected monuments. Visit a site, scan the marker, and centuries of documented history come into view.
Featured Experiences
Scan a printed marker at Fort Zoutman or Alto Vista Chapel to unlock 3D models of the 1868 and 1885 towers, archival photographs from BNA and ANA, and a cinematic intro to the Battle of Dogger Bank.
Open AR Guide
Five chapters, 1750–1952. From Domingo Antonio Silvestre's first chapel to the wartime vow of Sjon Kita — told through archival images and Hartog's documented history, in English and Papiamento.
Watch the StoryNo app. No install.
Download and print the site marker — a standard A4 or letter sheet works fine.
Visit kuentaheritage.com on your phone. No download, no login.
Allow camera access, aim at the printed marker, and history appears.
Swipe through chapters, compare archival photos, and rotate 3D models.
Monument coverage