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Fort Rotterdam


Fort Rotterdam is a 17th century fort in Makassar on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a Dutch fort built on top of an existing fort of the Gowa Kingdom. The first fort on the site was constructed by the a local sultan in around 1634, to counter Dutch encroachments. 


The site was ceded to the Dutch under the Treaty of Bongaya, and they completely rebuilt it between 1673 and 1679. It had six bastions and was surrounded by a seven meter high rampart and a two meter deep moat.

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Hello friends! My name is Andy Fharrell Afhdal commonly called Fharell with my friends. I like to visit many impressive, unique, and fun places such as beaches, water park, lakes, supermarkets, downtown, cities, and many more. I am good at English, Mandarin, Japanese, Bugis, and of course Indonesian and my everyday language is Makassar Malay and usually used in my neighborhood. I also like studying business, Because this is my degree. I am a graduate of the Agricultural Polytechnic majoring in Agricultural Business, beside that I also like to sport such as playing football, swimming, billiards and jogging. I usually playing it's with my friends but I also didn't forget to other healing activity's such like visiting beautiful places. I like to visit places that interesting like impressive, unique and beutifull places that usually i hanging out with friends not only for happiness but also for improving my knowledge about environment and nature's around the place I've ...