Benteng Revenge

Banda Islands


Ai’s four-pointed star fortress sits in the centre of the village, its walls still intact. The fort has been known as Benteng Revenge ever since the locals were slaughtered by the Dutch after siding with the British in the early 17th-century battle for control of the spice trade.


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