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Fort Maubara

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350: 48: 326: 338: 362: 386: 29: 374: 202: 565: 55: 189:. The rectangular fort, on whose wall two cannons still stand, is the most striking building in the town. It is located directly at the entrance to Maubara, on the well-developed thoroughfare, from where visitors could see the entire bay from the beach. The fort is owned by the state, but is managed by the Maubara Association 237:
soldiers, under the command of Jacob Pietersz, was sent to Maubara to expand the fort. The enclosure now had a diameter of 80 feet and the walls were six feet thick. However, this was not enough of a deterrent. When Pietersz returned to Maubara with fresh soldiers in 1759, he once again had to defend
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lost his life. As a result, almost the entire crew of Fort Maubara was ordered back to Kupang in 1761. Only twelve European soldiers remained behind. Doutel therefore asked for reinforcements in Kupang and
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in 1859, the Dutch agreed to cede Maubara to the Portuguese as part of a larger territorial exchange. The handover took place in April 1861. In 1869, the captain of the Portuguese corvette
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attacked Maubara on behalf of Portugal. The attack was repulsed. All the Topaz achieved with this action was that Maubara renewed its alliance with the Netherlands and planted the
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The building inside the fort dates from the second half of the 20th century and once served as the seat of the local administration of Maubara. Today it houses a restaurant.
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against the Portuguese several times until 1893. A customs station was built in Maubara in 1889. The customs house is still located opposite the fort today.
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described the fort as being built of loose stones, close to the sea shore, which at this point was only equipped with a single, rusty cannon.
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the kingdom against unnamed attackers. The next Portuguese attack took place in 1760. A VOC ship with
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Buildings and structures associated with the Dutch East India Company
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as a gift. The following years remained turbulent. In 1790, the
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came to Maubara's aid. That year, the German VOC commander
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Arquitectural Patrimony of Portuguese Origins of Liquiçá
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Installations of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
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East Timor
Fort Maubara is located in East Timor
Maubara
Coordinates
8°36′37.4″S 125°12′16.0″E / 8.610389°S 125.204444°E / -8.610389; 125.204444
East Timorese
Maubara
Suco
Vaviquinia
Maubara administrative post
Liquiçá municipality

Dutch
Portuguese Timor
Sikka
Dutch East India Company
Kupang
José Xavier Doutel
Balinese
Mardijkers
Hans Albrecht von Plüskow
de
Batavia
sandalwood
beeswax
Topasse
Pedro da Hornay
de
Dutch flag

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