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Fort Nassau, from 1609, was the first Dutch fort built in the Banda Islands. Fort Nassau was the first Dutch fort built on Banda Neira Island, the main island of the Banda Islands, part of Maluku in Indonesia, completed in 1609. [1] Its purpose was to control the trade in nutmeg, which at that time was only grown in the Banda Islands. [2]
Fort Willem I, known in Indonesian/Javanese as Benteng Pendem Ambarawa (Ambarawa's Sunken Fort), is a 19th-century Dutch fortress in Ambarawa, Central Java, Indonesia. [1] A 19th-century lithograph showing the fertile Ambarawa plantation with European cemetery in the foreground and the extensive square-shaped Fort Willem I in the background.
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Fort Belgica is a 17th-century fort in Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Maluku Islands (the Moluccas), Indonesia; administratively in Central Maluku Regency, Maluku.The fort acted as a fortification system for the islands of Banda which was the only place in the world during that period where nutmeg was produced.
Fort Kalamata, Ternate, Maluku Island, Indonesia. Fort Kalamata is a coastal star fort that was built by the Portuguese on the island of Ternate in Indonesia 's Maluku Islands . Formerly known as Benteng Kayu Merah ( Red Wood Fort ) because it is located in Kayu Merah village, Originally the fort was named Santa Lucia, but later it became ...
The fort is located in Kelurahan Pelem, Ngawi Subdistrict, Ngawi Regency. It is a 165-meter x 80 meter sized built within a 15 ha area. The fort is situated at the confluence of the Bengawan Solo and Madiun River. The fort was built lower than the surrounding terrain, hence the local nickname Benteng Pendem or "sunken fort". The multi-floored ...
Fort Amsterdam (also formerly known as Blokhuis Amsterdam) is a fort and a blockhouse in Hila town, Leihitu Subdistrict, Central Maluku Regency, Ambon Island, Indonesia. The blockhouse was built in 1637 by the Dutch East Indies Company .