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Fort Belgica, on Banda Neira, helps explain how control of the nutmeg trade became control of territory. Its history is bound up with the forts, plantations and colonial violence that shaped the islands.
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What makes it special
- Explore the fort as part of Banda Neira’s historical landscape.
- Consider its elevated position in the context of territorial control.
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- Indonesia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q252
- Indonesia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q15758099
- Indonesia · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Indonesia · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Indonesia · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Banda Neira · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Fort Belgica, Jalan Geraja Tua, Kota Neira, Bandanaira, Banda islands, Maluku Tengah, Maluku, 97593, Indonesia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
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Profile updated: 11/10/2026