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Fort van der Capellen

🇮🇩 Indonesia

Fort van der Capellen in Indonesia
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Fort van der Capellen is a small 19th-century Dutch fort in Batusangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The town of Batusangkar grew considerably around the Fort van der Capellen. The fort was named after the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Godert van der Capellen.

Text adapted from “Fort van der Capellen” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort van der Capellen ranks #3,984 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #26 of the 35 mapped in Indonesia. See how Indonesia compares in the castle statistics.

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