Fort Marlborough Bengkulu - DJI Phantom 3 Standard

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Situated on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Fort Marlborough was one of the most important defensive British fortifications during the Colonial Era. It was built in the early 18th century by the British East India Company, which was largely responsible for creating the British Empire in Asia. Thereafter, until the dissolution of the Empire after World War II, Fort Marlborough was considered the strongest British fortification in southern/southeastern Asia after its fortress in Madras, India.

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Fortress Marlboroughadalah British forts in the city of Bengkulu. This fort was established by the East India Company (EIC) in 1713-1719 under the leadership of Governor Joseph Callet as a bastion of English. That said, this fort was the strongest fortress in eastern England after the fort St. George in Madras, India. The fort is erected on an artificial hill, overlooking the city of Bengkulu and backs to the Indian Ocean.

Marlborough was still functioning as a bastion until the years 1825-1942 the Dutch East Indies, Japan in 1942-1945, and in the war of independence of Indonesia. Since Japan's defeat until 1948, the castle was widened police headquarters. However, in 1949-1950, the fort was occupied again by the Dutch Marlborough. After the Dutch left in 1950, the fort Marlborough into the army headquarters. Until 1977, the fort was handed over to the Department of Education to have been restored and used as a heritage building.