Fort Rotterdam is a 17th-century fort in Makassar on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a Dutch fort built on top of an existing fort of the Gowa Kingdom.
The first fort on the site was constructed by the a local sultan in
around 1634, to counter Dutch encroachments. The site was ceded to the
Dutch under the Treaty of Bongaya,
and they completely rebuilt it between 1673 and 1679. It had six
bastions and was surrounded by a seven meter high rampart and a two
meter deep moat.
The fort was the Dutch regional military and governmental headquarters until the 1930s. It was extensively restored
in the 1970s and is now a cultural and educational centre, a venue for music and dance events, and a tourist destination.
(Original source : Wikipedia, Photo source : Sabudi Prasetyo and Wikipedia)
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