Fort Rotterdam
Fort Rotterdam or Fort
Ujung Pandang (Fri
length) is a
fortress of the Kingdom of Gowa-Tallo heritage. The
location of the fort was located
on the west coast city of Makassar, South
Sulawesi.
The
fort was built in 1545
by Gowa-9 named Daeng Bonto I manrigau Karaeng Lakieng
Tumapa'risi 'kallonna. This fort was originally made
from clay, but in the reign of King of
Gowa-14 Sultan Alauddin construction of the fort was changed to stone sourced
from the Karst Mountains in the
Maros. Ujung Pandang fortress is shaped like
a turtle who wanted
to crawl down into the ocean. In
terms of the shape is very clear
philosophy Gowa kingdom,
that turtles can
live on land and sea. So even with the Kingdom of Gowa who triumphed
on land and at sea.
The
original name of this fort
is Fort Ujung
Pandang, usually well-Gowa Makassar people
call this fort as
Fort Panyyua which
is the headquarters of the
kingdom of Gowa frogmen. Kingdom of Gowa-Tallo
Bungayya finally signed
an agreement which requires that one clause of the Kingdom of Gowa to
surrender the fort to the Dutch. At the time the Dutch occupied the
fort, the name changed to Fort Ujung Pandang
Fort Rotterdam. Cornelis
Speelman deliberately chose the name Fort Rotterdam
to commemorate the
birth in the Netherlands. This fort was later used
by the Dutch as
a central storage of spices in eastern Indonesia..
In
the complex there are
now Ujung Pandang fortress
La Galigo Museum
where there are many references on the history of the greatness of Makassar (Gowa-Tallo) and
other areas in
South Sulawesi. Large
spans most of the
building is still intact and become one of the attractions
in the city of Makassar. Wisata
Sejarah : Fort Rotterdam Makassar - Sulawesi Selatan
List of vocabulary
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Heritage :
warisan, pusaka
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Construction : pembuatan , pembangunan
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Stone : batu
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Philosophy : filsafat
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Triumphant : dengan jaya
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Requires :
memrlukan
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Surrender : penyerahan
8. Netherlands. : negeri belanda
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Storage : penyimpanan
10. Greatness : kebesaran
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Match it with the places below this
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1. Jakarata
2. Samarinda
3. Makassar
4. Australia
5. Sulawesi
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Minggu, 27 Mei 2012