MarlboroughMarlborough fort is one of historical attractions and cultural mainstay owned by the Province of Bengkulu. British heritage fort early 18th century was built by the East Indian Company (the largest British trade in the archipelago at the time) for approximately six years (exactly in the year 1713-1719) under the leadership of Governor Joseph Callet when in power in Bengkulu. Overall, a fortress-like building is the tortoise standing on the ground covering around 44,100 square feet and facing to the south.
Historically, Fort Marlborough regarded as the greatest legacy of English in Indonesia. Although the background is the construction of this fort for the benefit of defense / military, but over time, Fort Marlborough and also functioned for trading purposes. The fort was used as a place for the smooth coordination of the supply of pepper for the British trading company, the East Indian Company, and the central control of trade shipping lines through the Sunda Strait.
In addition, the fort which was once used as a place of detention Bung Karno was also used as a residence by British military leaders and personnel East Indian Company. In the British Library records, in the year 1792 there were approximately 90 civilian and military personnel living and working in this castle. Functionally, the fort was ultimately more like a shelter in a small town than a military defense center or trade office. This can be seen from the records relating to marriages, baptisms, and deaths, which were stored neatly in this castle.
Privileges Marlborough Castle is located in the building structure consisting of parts which are incomplete. Castle quadrangular has bastions (guard house) at four corners. To enter the main building in the fort, visitors must pass through the main entrance curved perfectly located in the southwest. However, before reaching the main building, visitors must first pass the bridge which connects the entrance to the main building because the castle is surrounded by a moat which forms the shape of the fort buildings. In a hallway before entering the bridge, visitors can see the fruit headstone 4, 2 of which are relics of the Fort York (British fort built before the Fort Marlborough). On the tombstones are listed the name of George Shaw (1704), Richard Watts, Esq (1705), James Cune (1737), and Henry Stirling (1774).
Bastion-contained bastions at the four corners Marlborough Castle pentagon shaped. Bastion, these bastions of the wall dikelillingi equipped with the gap hovering triangle. In the southern bastions, visitors can see the rest of the rail gun round. While the bastions in the south and east against the metal ring 8 pieces, each one meter apart.
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