ORANJE FORT TERNATE, NORTH MALUKU

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Fortress / Fort Oranje, Ternate is located in the street Hasan Boesoeri, village Gamalama, in Ternate City, North Maluku province.
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Fort Oranje fort is the largest fort in the city of Ternate. Fortress / Fort Oranje, Ternate is a relic of the colonial fort built by the Dutch. Fortress / Fort Oranje, Ternate was built in the former castle land owned Malay Sultanate of Ternate were destroyed by the Spanish. Other literature mentions that the castle fort oranje built on the former old fort Portuguese heritage inhabited by Malay people . Fortress / Fort Oranje, Ternate was built by Admiral Cornelis VOC Matelieff de Jonge in 1607. Construction of the fort Fort Oranje as a form of gratitude to the Sultan of Ternate Matelieff Admiral Cornelis de Jonge for helping the Sultan of Ternate managed to expel the Spanish from the Sultanate of Ternate when it.

At first Castle / Fort Oranje, Ternate was named the new Malay fort in two years later, in 1609, the Malay castle fortress name was changed to  Fort Oranje (Orange) by the Dutch authorities first in the Moluccas, Paul van Carden. And on February 17, 1613, when Pieter Both was appointed Governor-General of VOC first, at that time also was instrumental Ternate city and fortress Fort Oranje into a Council of the Indies organize their own administration.

Fortress / Fort Oranje, Ternate is one of the favorite tourist destinations in Ternate. In addition to its historical value, in front of the castle is also a beautiful garden created by the city of Ternate. Various facilities are available around the fort Fort Oranje due to its location at the center of the city, such as shops, offices, markets, terminals, mosques, hospitals and others.

Fort Oranje has a trapezoid-shaped area of ​​12,680 m² and has 4 pieces bastion at each corner. The castle wall height of about 5 meters with a slope of 4 degrees. The thickness of the outer wall of the castle building is about 1 meter. Meanwhile, the inside of the castle wall has a thickness of 0.75 meters.

On top of this there is a fortress rampart wall or roving street that connects the four bastions at each corner. Rampart is located at a height of about 3.5 meters from the ground and has a distance of about 1.1 meters of height of the wall.

 

On both the inside corner of the bastion which is located on the side of the Northwest and Northeast there is a ramp measuring 15 x 3 meters to get to the top of the bastion. In addition there are also two pieces of half-circular shaped staircase on the inside of the main gate and the bastion in the Southwest. Meanwhile, above the main gate there is a large bell which is supported by two large wooden beams. Originally artificial bell Bocarro 1603 Perio Diaz is imported directly from Portugal, and placed in the castle Gamlamo. However, when the Portuguese left Ternate, the bell was moved VOC and hung at the entrance of the fort Oranje. Until 1950 this bell was installed there, and since 1951 was transferred and stored in the Catholic Church (Stone Church) in Ternate

Photos of the inside of the fort Fort Oranje

Photos from the top of the castle fort oranje