Indonesia · 16th century
Fort Tolukko is a small fortification that was erected in 1522 on the east coast of Ternate facing Halmahera. It was one of the colonial forts built to control the trade in clove spices, which prior to the eighteenth century were only found in the Maluku Islands. It has been variously occupied by the Portuguese, the native Ternate Sultanate, the Dutch, the British and the Spanish. It was abandoned as a fort in 1864, renovated in 1996, and is now a tourist attraction of some renown due to its curious shape.
Text adapted from “Fort Tolukko” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Tolukko ranks #3,045 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 43 mapped in Indonesia. Founded 1522, it is older than 41% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,101 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Indonesia compares in the castle statistics.
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