Refreshing Fort Marlborough Bengkulu or Fort Marlborough is not only watching the bastion of British power region on the west coast of Sumatra, but also Kita learn about the places to be able to maintain this as a regional monopoly Bengkulu pepper and commerce too.
this magnificent fort was built by the East India Company (EIC) in the years 1713-1719 in the direction of the governor appointed Joseph Callet. The fortress is considered one of the strongest fortress owned 2 in eastern England after Fort St. George in Madras - India. Marlborough name itself is actually given by the British government of John Churchill, who had the title of Duke of Marlborough I, this is a sign of respect for him
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initially Bengkulu Fort Marlborough is used as a defense, but eventually converted into a site for trading hub pepper commodity as time and place or supervision of the center in the Straits of Malacca. Given the architecture of the building, the fort which is closer to the occupation in the city center rather than a fortress or a shopping center. According to British Library notes located in the castle, described the process of baptism, marriage and death of the occupants. There are about 0 officers and soldiers also living inside the fortress.
Today, the castle became a witness of history still standing firmly on the ground with an area of 44,100 m² with a length of up to 240.5 meters and 170.5 meters wide to face south and back to the width of the Indian ocean. The building's architecture is like a turtle, so there is a bridge connecting the head to the body, an existing bridge over the trench and form a tail and bridge links between the castle entrance to the outside. Formerly, the third bridge to be lifted and then lowered. Far limit outermost wall is still visible in the form of trenches
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Inside the building, there Bengkulu Fort Marlborough a margin of detention, the special weapons warehouses, offices, several guns, a room for protection, 6 meters long tunnel and a width of about 2 meters. While on the back there are three tombs, the tomb of Thomas Parr, the grave of Charles Murray and yet a tomb of the unknown. There is also a tombstone inscription indicating the name, date and year of death of the British soldiers. Also read: Vacationing In Bengkulu Mount Kaba
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Bengkulu Fort Marlborough is located in the middle of the city of Bengkulu, precisely on Jalan Ahmad Yani, This makes accommodations and various facilities are easily accessible. There are also a variety of hotels, restaurants, places of worship, shopping centers, cafes and Internet cafes various other facilities.
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