Speelwijk fortress located to the north of the Great Mosque of Banten, a former stronghold of Banten sultanate. In 1685, the fort was taken over by the Dutch Colonial and restored by adding a basement.
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Speelwijk fortress located to the north of the Great Mosque of Banten, a former stronghold of Banten sultanate. In 1685, the fort was taken over by the Dutch Colonial and restored by adding a basement.
In the vicinity of the place, there are several graves of Dutch soldiers were killed when fighting the Swordsman Banten.Benteng is located precisely in the villages near Pamarican Customs. Now it remains only ruins, but some of its walls still intact mainly located on the north side of the fort.
On the ruins of the north side of the wall around the fort Speelwijk padai the outside there is an artificial moat that surrounds the former fortress. Speelwijk fortress located approximately 600 m to the west of the palace Surosowan, rectangular simetik not because every corner there is a Bastion. The fort was established in 1585 by the Dutch and to honor the name given to this fort is the official name of the Dutch Governor-General Cornelis Janszon Spelman who served in Punjab in the year between 1681 to 1684.
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