Overview of Fort Rotterdam
The fort was built in 1545 by the 9th King of Gowa who named
I manrigau Daeng Bonto Karaeng Lakiung Tumapa'risi 'kallonna Initially the fort was made of clay, but in the reign of King of Gowa to the 14th Sultan Alauddin. construction of this fort was changed to a rock that comes from the Karst Mountains in the Maros district. Ujung Pandang fort is shaped like a turtle who wanted to crawl down into the ocean. In terms of shape is very clear philosophy of the Kingdom of Gowa, that turtles can live on land and at sea.
So even with the Kingdom of Gowa who triumphed on land and at sea
The original name of this fort is Fort Ujung Pandang, commonly also Gowa-Makassar people call this castle known as Castle Panyyua which is the headquarters of Gowa Kingdom frog army. Kingdom of Gowa-Tallo Bongaya finally signed an agreement in which one of the article requires that the Kingdom of Gowa to submit this to the Dutch fort
When the Dutch occupied the fort, the name was changed to Fort Ujung Pandang Fort Rotterdam. Cornelis Speelman deliberately chose the name Fort Rotterdam in memory of his homeland in the Netherlands.
The fort was later used by the Dutch as a central storage of spices in eastern Indonesia.
In the complex there now Ujung Pandang Fort Museum La Galigo in which there are many references on the history of greatness Makassar (Gowa-Tallo) and other areas in South Sulawesi.
Most of the buildings of this fort is still intact and became one tourist attraction in the city of Makassar.
It's a very stunning fortress
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