Buton Fortress, Sulawesi, Indonesia

4Raymond W 5:00 PM Dec 24, 2019

Remarkable Hilltop Fortification
Buton Fortress is possibly the most impressive fort of precolonial Indonesia. The scale of the fortifications are remarkable, encircling the whole top of the hill and commanding extraordinary views out to sea. The walls are well-preserved and mounted by numerous old cannons. There are also tombs, wooden houses and a historic mosque within the walls. Allow a couple of hours to explore the whole fortress properly.

5WaOdeRuby A 5:00 PM Mar 24, 2015

The main atracttion of the city
this is the largest fort in Indonesia The Royal Fort of Buton/Wolio or in Bahasa called: (Benteng Keraton Wolio / Buton) was recorded to Guiness Book of Record and MURI (Musium Rekord Indonesia)/ Indonesia Record as The largest and the longest fort in indonesia in 2006, inside the fort we could find a canon, village of butonese people, because in that time the fort was building by the king or sultan in purposed of protecting butonese people from threat of the outside world, we could see the magnificiant view of Baubau City from this fort, and we also can see many tree and hills if we look down from here, inside of the fort we can go upper and found ISTANA BAADIA or ( The Palace of Baadia or Royal Places) this is Build by The Son Of Sultan Buton of 38 named Drs.H. LA ODE MANARFA whos finished their studies in Netherland and was the first Scholar from Sulawesi (sulawesi is Part of Indonesia) , his Father the Sultan Buton of 38 LA ODE MUHAMMAD FALIHI KAIMUDDIN was Ruling Buton from 1938 - 1960, he was ruling in time of transition when Japanese era, Colonialism of netherland and the independency of Indonesia (NKRI) he was agreed to join to Indonesia as new unity, he join Buton to Indonesia on the purpose to make Buton Greater because its united, and more powerful, and prosperous to joined Indonesia. ther archive we could found it in Netherlands, some of the Royal Letter of Buton Kingdom or Kesultanan Buton, was kept in Netherlands on colonialism era, we could found it in KITLV / Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean studies in netherland. when come to Baubau city, do not forget to visit Istana Baadia or in Butonese language is : Kamali Baadia or Royal Places of Baadia, we could found photograph era of Sultan Buton La Ode Falihi, and his son La Ode Manarfa who Contribute to The Creation Of Sulawesi Tenggara (Southeast Sulawesi) . and because they are royal familly, we could found royal objects, like the umbrella to installment of Sultan, the weapon they used to protect buton, the tableware that they used for eat and drink. and many more, now the place is taken care with the familly of Sultan, or the son Of La Ode Manarfa.