Adjacent to teh Teluk Penyu Beach you can find an underground fort built by the
Dutch around the 19th
century (1887).It was built as to inspect the marine traffic in the Indian Ocean
especially the military. There
are inter related channels and wide room inside. Pendem Fort has 14 military sheds
which each shed can
hold one army team.It is also facilitated with a tunnel consist of 4 entrances gates
protected with six cannons
Dutch formally proclaim the south west coast as a Netherlands possession. Dutch
goverment post and
colony named Merkusoord established on Triton Bay. Fort du Bus was built of stone
and named after the
Belgian Viscount du Bus de Ghisignies, Governer-General of the Dutch East Indies.
The city was known as Fort de Kock during colonial times in reference to the Dutch
outpost established here
in 1825 during the Padri War. The fort was founded by Captain Bauer at the top of
Jirek hill and later
named after the then Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Hendrik
Merkus de Kock. The
first road connecting the region with the west coast was built between 1833 and 1841
via the Anai Gorge,
easing troop movements, cutting the costs of transportation and providing an economic
stimulus for the
agricultural economy. In 1856 a teacher-training college (Kweekschool) wasfounded in
the city, the first in
Sumatra, as part of a policy to provide educational opportunities to the indigenous
population. A rail line
connecting the city with Payakumbuh and Padang was constructed between 1891 and
1894.
During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia in World War II, the city was the
headquarters for the
Japanese 25th Army, the force which occupied Sumatra. The headquarters was moved
to the city in April
1943 from Singapore, and remained until the Japanese surrender in August 1945.
Fort Victoria, Ambon, was built in the seventeenth century and is located near the beach. It was the
residence of the military camander of the mollucas, Fort Victoria houses military until today.
6. Fort Vastenberg (1745 AD)
FORMERLY, this building was called Grootmoedigheid and was built by General Baron Van Imhoff in
1745 as the fort of the Dutch Indie army for the central Java territory. This fort was built in the middle of the
town, close to the Kasunanan palace, so that the army could easily watch the movements inside the palace.
This fort was closely related to the residence of the Dutch governor.
This building lies in the same ground as the residence buildings of the high rank army officers.
The British East India Company established a long-running pepper-trading center and garrison at Bengkulu
(Bencoolen) in 1685. In 1714 the British built Fort Marlborough in the city; the fort still stands. The trading
post was never financially profitable for the British, hampered by a location Europeans foundunpleasant, and,
Despite these difficulties, the British persisted, maintaining the presence there for 150 years before ceding it
to the Dutch as part of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 to focus attention on Malacca. Like the rest of
present-day Indonesia, Bengkulu remained a Dutch colony until after World War II.
During Sukarno's imprisonment by the Dutch in the early 1930s, the future first president of Indonesia lived
briefly in Bengkulu. Here he met his wife, Fatmawati, who gave him several children, the most famous being
the first female President of Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri.
Bengkulu lies near the Sunda Fault and is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis. In June 2000 a quake caused
damage and the death of at least 100 people. A recent report predicts that Bengkulu is "at risk of inundation
over the next fewdecades from undersea earthquakes predicted along the coast of Sumatra"
A series of earthquakes struck Bengkulu during September, 2007, killing 13 people.
Said to be one of the best preserved Dutch buildings in Indonesia, Fort Rotterdam was
built around 1667 on
the site of a Gowanese fort built 100 years before. The black stone walls have been
partly restored, as have most of the buildings within.
Inside the fort is a small museum with an eclectic collection of cultural artefacts from
South Sulawesi.
The museum is only open Tuesday to Sunday mornings, from 8:00 to 12:30. The fort
is open every day from
8:00 to 18:00. A 'donation' is expected to gain entry. About 10,000 Rupiah (10,000.00
IDR) is enough.
Portuguese fort which is located 45 Km north of Jepara town became one of mainstay attractions Jepara
regency.
Viewed from the side of this fort was geographically very strategic for
Mondoliko Island.
In 1619, the city Jayakarta / Sunda Kelapa entered the Dutch East India Company, and
currently the Sunda
Kelapa was renamed Batavia regarded as the beginning of the growing Imperialist
colonization by the Dutch
in Indonesia. Sultan Agung of Mataram king had sensed the danger of his situation
falls into the hands of the
city Jayakarta Netherlands. Sultan Agung to the army preparing to expel the Dutch.
King of Mataram determination was carried out respectively in the year 1628 and year
1629 that ended with
the defeat on the part of Jepara Mataram. This incident makes Sultan Agung think
that the Dutch East India
Company could only be defeated by land and sea attacks simultaneously, but
Mataram not have a strong
navy, and need the help of a third party who is also at odds with the VOC of the
Portuguese Nation.
Cooperation agreement between Mataram and the Portuguese to be held and the
early stages of putting
troops on the Portuguese fort built by Mataram in 1632. The fort is very effective to
keep the shipping traffic
into the city of Jepara who became the main Airport of Mataram for exports and
imports.
Reality Mataram and Portuguese co-operation can not be realized for the purpose
expelled the Dutch in
Batavia, even in 1642 the Portuguese moved out of the fort because of Malacca as the
main cities in
Southeast Asia Portuguese precisely captured by the Dutch in 1641.
Fort Belgica, one of many forts built by the Dutch East India Company, is located in
the Banda Islands,
Maluku Province, and is one of the largest remaining European forts in Indonesia.
Constructed in 1611, the fort was an important defensive structurecommanding over the
bay of Bandanaira
. Its construction gave the Dutch an edge over other colonial powers in the area, and
still remains the larges
t extant structure on the Banda Islands.
The Keraton which overlooks the town of Bau-Bau is said to be the largest walled fort in the world. It is the
site where the old Butonese Monarchy lived and ruled from. You can walk around the
great walls which are
still standing today and take in the great views out over the coastal town of Bau-Bau.
It is possible to visit
the Keraton museum within the fort and explore the little pathways which run
through the small villages
within the fort whilst soaking up the relaxed village culture
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