Colonial architecture of Makassar
City Hall, early 20th century
Fort Rotterdam in 2010
Market Street (De Passarstraat) in the early 20th century
Colonial era architecture of Makassar in South Sulawesi, Indonesia includes Fort Rotterdam and other Dutch buildings constructed when the area was part for the Dutch East Indies. The city was involved in the spice trade. Makassar came under Dutch control in 1669.[1]
Gallery
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Fort Rotterdam lighthouse and Lannea grandis and Terminalia edulis trees (left and right respectively)
See also
References
- ↑ A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia by J. M. Barwise, Nicholas J. White page 91
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