DUTCH COLONIAL REMAINS ASIA 1600-1800

ASIA
BANGLA DESH
Rajshahi: Dutch factory, called the Barakuthi, with towers at each side. For this info my thanks to Arnold van Wulfften Palthe from The Netherlands
INDIA
Bharuch: Dutch Cemetery. Surat: Dutch Cemetery. Daulatabad fort (13km from Aurangabad): A Dutch canon. With this inscription: VOC-E 1638; Verhard vs Splinter me fedit..... VOC-A Assver vs Koster me fecit Amstelredam..... For this info my thanks to Robbert-Jan Meijer from The Netherlands Vengurla: Fortified factory with bastions. Cannanore: Fort S. Angelo (Portuguese, renewed by the Dutch). Cochin: Mattancherry Palace (renewed by the Dutch), Bolghatty Palace (1744), Dutch Houses, Dutch Cemetery with Dutch Tombstones, Chennamangalam Palace, Kalikotta Palace at Trippunithura (1790s.), Warehouses, ruins of the fort. Quilon: Ruins of Thangasseri Fort, Dutch cemetery. Udayagiri fort: the Grave of the Dutch General De Lennoy, lies within the fort which was built in the 18th century by King Marthanda Varma. Kanniyakumari: Dutch fort. Sadras (Sadurangapattinam): Dutch fort and inside there is a little cemetary of VOC-soldiers and officers. (For this info my thanks to Guido Vanden Berghe from Belgium) Porto Novo: Ollander Thottam or Dutch Garden (Dutch Graveyard). Pulicat: a few ruins of the sea walls of Fort Geldria (1610), Dutch Cemetery. Masuliptanam: Dutch Armoury (c. 18th century) a fort and a big Dutch cemetry. What is even more interesting is that the names of some of the colonies of the town are still named after old settlements of the respective companies. Thus we have Olandu peta* ( Holland Peta), Parasu peta* ( Portuguese Peta), English Palem (English colony) and French peta (French colony). All these must have been the actual settlements of the companies where most of the factors resided when on Coromandel. *Peta and Palem roughly means colonies. For this info my thanks to Srinivasa Reddy from India Bheemunipatnam (24 Km. NE from Vishakapatnam): remains of a Dutch settlement with a ruined fort, armoury and Dutch cemetery. Chinsura (Chuchura near Calcutta): Dutch Cemetery, Director's residence, Dutch church, fort.
INDONESIA Eurasian Community, Dutch surnames, Religion.
Hila (Ambon Island): Fort Amsterdam, Dutch Church of Hila (1780) (this church was destroyed in the Muslim-Christian clashes in Januari 1999.) Kota Ambon (Ambon Island): remains of Fort Victoria (the gate on the see side and a few of its walls are still intact). Middelburg Paso (Ambon Island): Blokhuis (Waterkastelen) (ruins??). Hitoe-lama - Hitulama (Ambon Island): Fort Leiden: Located in Hitu, on the foundation of this fort a house has been built. Larike (Ambon Island): Fort Rotterdam: This fort has been demolished to build a village on the location. A part of one bastion is left. There seems to have been a church there too, but this one has been burned down in the 1999 – 2004 riots. Seram: Luhu at Hoamoal, there is a fort there too, it looks Dutch but I also think it is a local fort. Siri Sore: Fort Hollandia (ruins??) Noesa Ela: Fort Vlissingen (ruins??) Kajelie (Buru Island): Fort Defensie (fort) Kaiteloe: Fort Van Verre: There is nothing left but gardens. Negeri Lima: Blokhuis Van der Cappellen (1816) Bandaneira (Neira Island, Banda Islands): ruins of Fort Nassau (only three walls and a gateway remain, and an old cannon lies on the ground), Fort Belgica it's magnificently restored (1611), VOC Governor’s House, Dutch Colonial Houses (many were destroyed during the Muslim-Christian clashes in April 1999), Dutch Cemetery, ruins of Dutch Hospital. Ay (Ay Island, Banda Islands): Old Church (burned down during the Muslim-Christian clashes in April 1999) and Revenge Fortress. Banda Besar (Lonthor Island, Banda Islands): Fort Hollandia (1621). Fort Concordia: it has still two cannons. Fort Kuilenburg (at Selamon): Ruins. Lontar: A staircase renewed in 1754. There is a stone which says: DESE TRAP IS VERNIEUWT IN DEN JAARE A° 1754 ONDERT GEBIET VAN DEN WELEDELEN AGTB=HEER REY NICUS SIERSMA GOUVERNEUR EN DIRECTEUR DE SER PROVINTIE. Sanana: Fort De Verwachting, in use as a cultural center. Saparua - Saparoea (Lease Islands): Fort Duurstede (1676) it's well-restored Pulau Nusa Laut - Sila Leynitoe (at the southern tip of Saparua-island, Lease islands): ruins of Fort Beverwijk and a Dutch church. Haruku - Haroekoe (Lease Islands): Fort Nieuw Zeelandia (ruins). Kerkje (this church was burned down in the riots). Pelauw (Haroekoe)(Lease Islands): Fort Nieuw Hoorn (ruins). Matjan (Moluccas): Fort Maurice ruins ?, Fort Taffasoho ruins ?. Ruins of Fort Mauritius (walls). Desa Mateketen (west part of the island): remains of a Dutch fort and two cannons. Motir (Moluccas): Fort Nassau ruins ?. Batjan (Moluccas): Fort Barneveld (17th c.) restored. Ternate (Moluccas): Fort Oranje (1637) in process of restauration (inside there is an old grave with a Dutch inscription), Fort Toloko or Terloko or Tolucco, Fort Kayuh Merah (Kalamata), Forts ruins, Dutch Tombstones. Halmahera: Dodinga: ruins of the Dutch fort, there seems to be at least 2 more ruins on the mountains. In front of the masjid an old cannon, ready to be sold as old iron. Sidangoli: ruins of the old fort Portuguese/Dutch. Gamhoku (near Tobelo): foundations of Portuguese fort (Difficult to see). Jailolo: ruins of Portuguese/Spanish fort and canon in front of the Mesjid. Jakarta (Java): Eurasian community, Old Batavia Town (Kota), VOC Warehouses, City Hall of Batavia (1627-1710), Sunda Kelapa (old Batavia port), Gereja Sion or Gereja Portugis (Portuguese Church) (1695), Governor General Reinier de Klerk country-house (today National Archives building) (1760). Pulau Obi, Loji: ruins of Fort Den Briel. Ujung Pandang (Sulawesi): Fort Rotterdam (1667). Kwandang (Sulawesi): ruins of Fort Ota Mas Udangan (Dutch or Portuguese?), ruins of fort Oranje (Dutch or Portuguese?). Gorontalo / Dembe hill (Sulawesi): ruins of fort Otanaha: remains of three towers (Dutch or Portuguese?). Kupang (Timor): Dutch Graveyard. Solor: ruins of the Portuguese/Dutch fort Palembang (Sumatra): Kuto Besak, a local fort, part of the Kraton of the Sultan of Palembang. It was finished under Sultan Mahmud Bahauddin in 1797. So not Dutch but local. Bukittinggi (Sumatra): ruins of Fort de Kock (1821).Yogyakarta (Java): Fort Vredenburg. Solo-Surakarta (Java): Fort Vastenburg. Sumenep (Madura Island): VOC Fort Semarang (Java): ruins of Dutch fort, VOC warehouses, Gereja Blenduk Church (1753). Banten (Java): Fort Speelwijk (1682). Palau Kelor (Palau Seribu islands): ruins of a Dutch fort. Palau Onrust (Palau Seribu Islands): ruins of a Dutch Shipyard (17th c.), Dutch Cemetery (17th c.).] For many of these info my thanks to Donald F.M. Rugebregt and Londoh.
JAPAN
Hirado: Small island, where there was a thriving Eurasian community until the expulsion of foreigners in the 17th c. There isn't much left but a low wall, well, stone wharf and archaeological site of the former Dutch factory; a few monuments and a couple of small museums to the Dutch and Portuguese (and briefly the English) residence there. For these info my thanks to Glenn Sundeen. Nagasaki: Deshima island.
MACAO-MACAU
On the Protestant Cemetery and on the Roman Catholic cemetery are graves of VOC factors. For these info my thanks to Magiel Venema.
MALAYSIA Dutch surnames in the Eurasian community in Malacca.
Malacca: Christ Church (1753), Dutch Governments Palace or Stadthuys (1650) (built in 1650 as the official residence of Dutch Governors and their officers, the edifice is a fine example of Dutch architecture. Preserved in its original structure and form , it now houses the Historic Museum and Ethnography Museum), St. John’s Fort, Dutch Tombstones; the old Tax-office (boomkantoor, havengelden) at 20, Jonker Street (with the date '1673' on the upper facade); the old Dutch Shipyard (scheepstimmerwerf) at 40/42/44, First Cross Street (with large timber doors and beautiful granite steps leading to the Malacca river); there are also some other former Dutch residences in Heeren Street (eg. No. 101) & Tranquerah Street (No. 44; 220; 290) area. St. Peter’s Church, erected by the Portuguese community (1710), this church has similarities to the contemporary Portuguese architecture in Goa. It is a Portuguese building of the Dutch period in Malacca. Kuala Linggi: ruins of Kuala Linggi’s Fort or Philippine Fort (1757). Excavations in the area began in 1935 and a cannon, pots and pans made from bronze and 6 pieces of Dutch East India Company were found. Teluk Gedung (Pangkor is., Perak): Dutch Fort or Kota Belanda. This building was originally build as a warehouse. Because it received constant attack from Dutch enemies, the building was transformed into a fort to guard against attack. Gedung in the local Malay language mean warehouse and Teluk mean bay. Nearby this Dutch Fort there is a Dutch stone inscription. Kuala Selangor: remain of a fort which was originally build by the local Malays. It was later captured by the Dutch and rebuild. The Dutch rename it as Fort Altingsburg. Today most of the remaining stone wall and cannons are from the Dutch era. Today the fort is know as Kota Melawati. Kota mean fort. Melawati is the name of the hill where the fort is located. For these info my thanks to Gerard Fernandis, Lee HaanRan, Fernando Jorge and Lim Huck Chin.
SRI LANKA Eurasian community (Dutch Burghers), Dutch surnames, Dutch waterways, Religion.
Galle: Historical Fortified Town, Dutch Houses, Dutch Church or Groote Kerk (1752-1754), Bell Tower (1701), Government House (1687), Dutch Fort (1663), Dutch Period Museum (Leyn Baan street 31-39), several names of the streets in Galle are Dutch. Unawatuna (near Galle): Country house of a Dutch governor (de Jong ?): "Nooit Gedacht" (1735) in the vicinity there were also two watchtowers, but sadly they have crumbled to rubble in recent years.