Fort Rotterdam in Makassar

March 2004 - Fort Rotterdam which is now known as Benteng Ujung Pandang is a historical artifact of the greatness of the past kingdom of South Sulawesi. Gowa Kingdom was the strongest and the most successful kingdom during the seventeenth century . Ujung Pandang during that time was known a trading city which then was known as Macassar.

		Entrance The entrance of the current, reconstructed fortress still bears the name of the original fortress, Fort Rotterdam. However, ...			Housing The Dutch-style houses which can be found inside the walls of the fortress all have the same red ...			View over the wall A view over one of the many thick stone walls will give you a view into Chinatown. If ...
		Gate Several gates like this gave soldiers quick access from the inside housing complex to the big walls to ...			Central building As was quite common, the central building of the fortress was a church. Nothing of that visible nowadays, ...			Row of houses Some more houses in another block around the central square of the fortress. ...
		Gardens Green fields as 'gardens' for the houses inside the fortress, completely different than the houses in Chinatown. ...			Shelter Some buildings were designed to give shelter to people in case of rain. The small building in front ...			Thick enough The walls of the fortress are thick enough to withstand a colonial army from any of the countries ...
		Museum inside Some of these houses are now used as a small museum. Photo's of the reconstruction can be seen ...			Another angle The cables of the electrified lights somewhat spoil this historic setting, but well.. you can't have everything. ...			View from the wall From the outside wall, there are several points where you can look onto the central part of the ...
		Chinatown See, Chinatown is right behind the wall! A completely different way of life, with small houses in dozens ...			Entrance Another of those gateways to the outer walls. ...			Outside wall The thick outside wall is reconstructed in the most original way as possible. It features drainage holes as ...
		Walking around Some more walls are to be found around the complex when you take some time to visit it. ...			Completely Dutch It's almost completely Dutch. It's just that the walls are painted, something you rarely see here, because there ...			Row of houses More of thise red-topped houses. ...
		Inside street A small street inside the fortress brings you around the central part of it. No cars allowed, but ...			Cannon Everywhere you go, you will find cannons, Dutch ones to be more exact. ...			View from the wall Another view from the wall towards the central square, but this time from between a small alley and ...
		Diponegoro A statue of Diponegoro is just outside the gate of Fort Rotterdam. The prince was captured and banned ...