Fort Kastela, Ternate

Name: Fort Kastela
Address: Ternate, Indonesia

#4 among attractions in Ternate

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Fort Kastela is a ruined fortress located at the southwest coast of Ternate. It is famous for being the first colonial fortification constructed in the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Built by the Portuguese in 1522, it is also referred to in different languages as São João Baptista de Ternate or Fortaleza de Ternate, Ciudad del Rosario or Gammalamma. Today it is locally known as Kastella/Kastela. ()

Local name: Benteng Kastela Coordinates: 0°45'39"N, 127°18'43"E

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Fort Kastela – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sultan of Ternate Mosque, Fort Oranje, Tolire Lake, Gamalama.

5.7 miNE
Mosque
Sultan of Ternate Mosque
145 min walk • Sultan of Ternate Mosque, also known as the Old Mosque of Ternate, is an old mosque in Ternate City, Indonesia. It is the largest mosque in the city and the royal mosque of the Ternate Sultanate.
5.6 miNE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Fort Oranje
144 min walk • Fort Oranje is a 17th-century Dutch fort on the island of Ternate in Indonesia.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tolire Lake, Ternate
133 min walk • Tolire Lake is located in northwest Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia. The lake is bordered by sheer cliffs. Tolire Lake at the foot of Mount Gamalama, the highest volcano in North Maluku. The lake itself is composed of two sections which locals call Tolire Large and Small Tolire. The distance between them is about 200 meters.
3.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Gamalama, Ternate
93 min walk • Gamalama is a near-conical stratovolcano that comprises the entire Ternate island in Indonesia. The island lies off the western shore of Halmahera island in the north of the Maluku Islands.
4.2 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Kalamata
108 min walk • Fort Kalamata is a coastal star fort that was built by the Portuguese on the island of Ternate in Indonesia's Maluku Islands. Formerly known as Benteng Kayu Merah because it is located in Kayu Merah village, Originally the fort was named Santa Lucia, but later it became famous for Fort Kalamata.
4.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Tolukko, Ternate
105 min walk • Fort Tolukko is a small fortification on the east coast of Ternate facing Halmahera. It was one of the colonial forts built to control the trade in clove spices, which prior to the eighteenth century were only found in the Maluku Islands.
5.7 miNE
Museum
Museum Kedaton Sultan Ternate
145 min walk • The Museum Kedaton Sultan Ternate is a museum of relics from the era of the Sultanate of Ternate. The museum is located in the Village of Soa-sio, North Ternate, Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia.
5.1 miE
Sport, Sport venue, Arenas and stadiums
Gelora Kieraha Stadium, Ternate
132 min walk • Gelora Kieraha Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Ternate City, North Maluku, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is used as the home stadium for Persiter Ternate. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people.