Fort Marlborough

E441701
fortress historical site tourist attraction

Fort Marlborough is a historic British colonial fortress in Bengkulu, Indonesia, known for its well-preserved architecture and role in the region’s colonial history.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Marlborough canonical 5
Fort Marlborough, Bencoolen 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle British colonial military architecture ⓘ
builder British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Queen Anne of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
category British colonial forts ⓘ
Forts in Indonesia ⓘ
Historic sites in Bengkulu ⓘ
condition well-preserved ⓘ
constructionEnd 1719 ⓘ
constructionStart 1713 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
governedBy local government of Bengkulu ⓘ
hasExhibition colonial-era artifacts ⓘ
historical documents ⓘ
military equipment ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
cannon emplacements ⓘ
central courtyard ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
moat ⓘ
thick defensive walls ⓘ
heritage British colonial heritage in Indonesia ⓘ
laterOperator Dutch colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indonesian government NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Bengkulu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bengkulu City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bengkulu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyPlace Bengkulu coastline ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalFunction administrative center ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
trading post defense ⓘ
significance important site in Bengkulu colonial history ⓘ
one of the largest British forts in Southeast Asia ⓘ
strategicPurpose control of pepper trade ⓘ
protection of British commercial interests ⓘ
tourismCategory cultural tourism site ⓘ
usedAs prison during colonial period ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengkulu → hasTouristAttraction → Fort Marlborough ⓘ
Es Castell → hasNearbyFort → Fort Marlborough ⓘ
Bencoolen → knownFor → Fort Marlborough ⓘ
Bencoolen → hasFort → Fort Marlborough ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen → seat → Fort Marlborough ⓘ
Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen → residence → Fort Marlborough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Marlborough, Bencoolen