Asia · Indonesia

Fort Belgica

bastioned fort · Tier B · provisional

A fort on Banda Neira in Indonesia. Its rebuilt design combines an outer pentagonal enclosure with angular bastions and a taller inner structure with circular towers. The historical plan and elevation provide unusually useful views of its geometry in two dimensions.

Photographs & plans

Fort Belgica, Banda Neira
David Stanley · 27 March 2019 · CC BY 2.0
Source & original

Plan and elevation of Fort Belgica
Carel Frederik Reimer / Nationaal Archief · Circa 1791 · Public domain
Source & original

Country: Indonesia
Coordinates: -4.52611, 129.89889
Reported date: Unknown
Condition: Unknown
Current use: Unknown
Research confidence: provisional.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Belgica
http://www.starforts.com/belgica.html

This catalogue entry is a research record. Unknown fields are left unknown; a star-shaped outline alone does not establish date, origin, or function.

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