Fort Belgica

Indonesia / Maluku / Amahai /
 fortification, historical building, star fort
This fort was first built in 1611 under the order of Pieter Both, the first Governor General of the Dutch East Indies and was rebuilt and restored for several times. It was buit to protect Dutch monopolistic nutmeg trade in the island after conquering the local Banda people.


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Fort Belgica is the fort located at a height of 30 meters above sea level, on top of the hills at southwest of the Naira island, Central Maluku. The fort was built in 1611 during the Governor-General Pieter Both period.

The unique shape of pentagon resemble to the Pentagon building in the Washington DC, United States.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Belgica
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Coordinates:   4°31'34"S   129°53'55"E
This article was last modified 9 years ago