Fort Rotterdam

This text include past form, so generally have form (S + V2)



Fort Rotterdam is located in the centre of Makassar. It was built in 1555 in the period of Gowa Kingdom. It provided protection for the Makassar Kingdom. It used to be called Benteng Ujung Pandang. When Admiral Cornelius, a Dutch troop leader, occupied Celebes in 1667, he rebuilt it and changed its name to Rotterdam. He made Fort Rotterdam a centre of the government.
The architecture of the buildings at Fort Rotterdam resembles European styles from the medieval era, IV-XVII century. Local people know the fort as Benteng Panynyua. Panynyua means 'turtle'. If seen from the air, Fort Rotterdam looks like a turtle crawling towards the sea.
Fort Rotterdam is now a national archaeological museum. People can see many artifacts and ancient things in the museum. It is called Museum La Galigo.


List of vocabulary

1. fort = benteng
2. built= membangun (v2 from build)
3. provided = menyediakan
4. protection = melindungi
5. goverment = pemerintah
6. occupied = menempati
7. resembles = mirip/menyerupai
8. archeological = purbakala

Answers these questions below

1. Where is fort rotterdam Located?
2. When the fort rotterdam was built?
3. Who eas buil fort rotterdam?
4. Find and mention the verb that use past form !
5. in line 3, He refers to ............
6. What is Fort rotterdam for Now?
7. Why did rotterdam familiar with panynyua?