Fort Tolukko

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.

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Fort Tolukko ranks #1869 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 36 mapped in Indonesia. Fundado en 1522, más antiguo que el 48% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 495 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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