Fort Vastenburg

Fort Vastenburg (Dutch "Fort Steadfast"), also Fort Surakarta, is an 18th-century Dutch fort located in Gladak, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. A landmark of Surakarta, the fort faces polemics related with multiple owners claiming different parts of the fort. As a result, the fort remains abandoned and threatened to be demolished by various private parties claiming the fort's ownership.

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Fort Vastenburg ranks #3,481 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 35 mapped in Indonesia. See how Indonesia compares in the castle statistics.

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