Fort Rotterdam: History of the Dutch Colonial Administration In Makassar

Makassar, in the colonial period, is the largest seaport of the largest Dutch Indies government in the southern island of Sulawesi, Sunda Kelapa Port jelly. Before the occupied Netherlands, the leader of this region is the kingdom of Gowa who had hundreds of years and are Ujung Pandang (Makassar) and basic national defense of the kingdom. According to history, the field of geography Gowa in the past, as seen on the side of the sea can be regarded as a city protected by a group of small islands around them. On the side of the beach is surrounded by about 17 times the real strength is in the region of South Sulawesi is beautiful.

A historic castle in the days of empire in the region is best known Makassar Fort Rotterdam (Port of Rotterdam). Initially, the fort was named Fort Jumpandang, also known as Panynyua castle looks like a turtle. This force would be the shape of a turtle crawling towards the ocean, the sky. This refers to the philosophy of the hardness of Gowa forces of war in the battlefield of animals such as turtles that can live in two natives of the land and sea

Indonesia history Anhar Gonggong  said that  Gowa royal army was "frog men", which is based in Fort Ujung Pandang. Ujung Pandang fortress on the edge of the west coast of aptitude tests Makassar real history in the region of South Sulawesi. In 1667, after the king of Gowa Member Agreement Bungay assigned and handed power to the Dutch colonialists. Genesis begins with the destruction of almost all possessed a fief of the kingdom of Gowa Fort Rotterdam, except by the Dutch colonial army. While Fort Somba Opu (east of Fort Makassar), after two years and then destroyed by the Dutch.

Importance of the existence of Ujung Pandang economic strength and geographic buildings have been renovated well be called Fort Rotterdam, Netherlands by Cornelis Speelman, Dutch officials / governor of the eastern region of Indonesia at the moment . In the area of the fortress are still old buildings, remnants of Dutch colonialism, including churches, prisons, offices of the Dutch colonial, storage place to keep the spices from the Indonesian island of Timor. In fact, the construction of a prison in Fort Rotterdam was formerly inhabited by our national hero, Prince Diponegoro was exiled by the Dutch for 26 years until his death.

In addition to the old way of building another of the original Fort Rotterdam School of the Museum of La Galigo. There is also room inside Maket Citadel, archaeological, coins, ceramics, foreign affairs and the Kingdom of Luwu, Bone and Gowa said about the history and culture of South Sulawesi United.