Malborough fort is one of the Historical Tourism attractions in the city of Bengkulu. This fort is the second strongest fort in Madras India After the Citadel.
Fortress Marlborough located adjacent to the city of Bengkulu koto new markets, as well as historic buildings, Marlborough is also used as a tourist attraction, because it is located adjacent to the coastal resorts and the fort Marlborough footprint vicar was not far from the monument of Thomas Parr tip Ahmad yani street.
Entering the main gate of the fort's historic buildings that Marlborough UK was founded in the year 1714-1719 can be encountered three British tomb relic. After that we will pass the bridge to the second gate, when arriving at the second gate looks two rooms facing each other on the left-front of the armory and there is a military guard room and cells. When entering the military guardroom and cells, we can find out the function room of the explanation is written on the walls of the room stating that the room formerly consisted of three rooms used as the main guard room, a larger space as a place of accommodation guard commander and members of the team not on duty around, two other rooms for military detention cell, at the time the third room is equipped with solid wood doors.
Dibenteng also contained 13 barracks that was originally functioned as a residence EIC civil servant, in 1783, used as a barracks of soldiers equipped with small closed door meeting to come out into the fort without having to pass through the main entrance and also serves as an emergency exit and then converted into
storage space, a space of which is the detention of former first president of Indonesia Ir.Soekarno when he first arrived in Bengkulu in exile before being moved kesebuah houses in Bengkulu city center.
In 1719, the fort Marlborough is the center position of the British army in Bengkulu. Quadrangular fortress resembling a turtle with a length and width of 170m 240M established by the British East India Company in 1713 and completed in 1719. Marlborough fort was built to replace the previously existing nearby fortress named Fork York but the fort was now no longer shape except the remnants of its foundations are still there.
Fortress Marlborough was attacked and fell twice hands of his assailants, the first in 1719 by local rebels and the second in 1760 by a French naval fleet was passing by the waters of Bengkulu. In 1825 the fort was used by the Dutch until the arrival of the Japanese in 1942.
At the time of independence this fort was used by warriors Indonesia, before the rectified and used as a historical attraction in 1984 to the present, and at this fort Marlborough has been converted into a museum open to the public, this museum has a collection of objects such as old engravings and copies of letters from the period of British rule, there are also relics of the fort diarea cannon weapon as many as 14 guns, four are in the top of the fort and seven were posted on the center of the fort, three other guns were in the barracks along with remnants of shells and one of them leads sea which formerly used to repel enemy attacks from the sea and there is also a tunnel that can directly penetrate the sea.
As a historic tourist attraction, the building is always crowded with visitors who come. Some of them have come only want to spend time sitting around watching panorama of the fortress above the sea, but not the least of the visitors who are visiting to see the historic buildings that are relics of the British in the town of Bengkulu. It is evident from the many visitors who come
to spend time disore days, because the castle is a great place for recreation while knowing the history of the place with friends or with family. This attraction should be further developed so that the building again this fort Marlborough will be able to become one of international tourist attraction, so it can bring not only from domestic tourists but also tourists from abroad to the earth this Raflessia
WEAKKNESS...
1. there is not guide from departement of tourism
2. hygiene problems
3. garden layout not too interesting
FACILITIES
1. toilet
2. mushollah
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