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Fort Amsterdam
Fort Amsterdam. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Fort Amsterdam (also formerly known as Blokhuis Amsterdam) is a fort and a blockhouse in Hila town, Leihitu Subdistrict, Central Maluku Regency, Ambon Island, Indonesia. The blockhouse was built in 1637 by the Dutch East Indies Company.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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