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    The Largest Fortress in The World: Kharrazi in Engineering - 2 Years Ago (Edited)

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    The Buton Palace fortress located in Bau-bau, Indonesia is the largest fortress in the world, with a circumference of 2,740 m and area of 23,375 hectares. Built in the 16th century, it is constructed from limestone on a steep hilltop providing a strategic defensive position. It has 12 gates and 16 cannons, as well as a Great Mosque dating back to 1538, making it an important historical and cultural site that still maintains aspects of its original design.

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    The Buton Palace fortress located in Bau-bau, Indonesia is the largest fortress in the world, with a circumference of 2,740 m and area of 23,375 hectares. Built in the 16th century, it is constructed from limestone on a steep hilltop providing a strategic defensive position. It has 12 gates and 16 cannons, as well as a Great Mosque dating back to 1538, making it an important historical and cultural site that still maintains aspects of its original design.

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    The Buton Palace fortress located in Bau-bau, Indonesia is the largest fortress in the world, with a circumference of 2,740 m and area of 23,375 hectares. Built in the 16th century, it is constructed from limestone on a steep hilltop providing a strategic defensive position. It has 12 gates and 16 cannons, as well as a Great Mosque dating back to 1538, making it an important historical and cultural site that still maintains aspects of its original design.

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    kharrazi (63) in engineering • 2 years ago (edited)

    Greetings, how are you steemit friends? Wish you good health always. I am
    today again adding an ancient building of evidence to the great engineers of
    the time, in the present writing I will be heading to an exotic island but still
    in Indonesia, Sulawesi Island.
    An ancient building that became the pride of the local community and still
    maintained its authenticity is the Buton palace fortress, this discussion is
    interesting because this fort has some uniqueness

    THE FORT AND THEIR UNIQUE

    Buton palace fortress is located in Bau-bau district of Southeast Sulawesi


    province, before this fort was the capital of Buton Sultanate.

    This fortress is made of limestone which has a circumference of about 2,740


    m, the government of Indonesia awarded this fort through the Indonesian
    Record Museum (MURI) and Guinness Book Record which was published in
    September 2006 as the widest bastion in the world with an area of about
    23,375 hectares.
    The fort was built on a high hilltop with a steep slope that made this fort as
    the best defense place of its time, because the position that benefited because
    of the height of the current if we are standing just above the castle will look
    very clear view of the city Bau-bau and current busy boat transportation on
    the strait of Buton. There are 12 gates in this fort area and 16 cannons as
    guardians of the castle and still there as evidence of history and there are still
    many historical relics from the Sultanate of Buton.

    The construction of this fort began in the 16th century by Sultan Buton III, at
    first the fort was only a pile of stones arranged in such a way around the
    complex as a barrier between the palace with the village community, then
    during the reign of Sultan Buton IV fortress was used as a permanent stone.

    The numbered gate of 12 has its own meaning for the people of Buton, 12
    representing holes in the human body.
    The most interesting thing at this writing is, the use of seaweed, rocks, and
    limestone as an adhesive element of cement replacement stone as we do
    today.

    In addition to the castle fortress, gates and cannons there are still some
    banguanan contained in the area of the castle one of them is the Great
    Mosque Palace.
    This mosque has its own myth that is, behind the pulpit of the preacher when
    in a state of prostration we can see the door of the cave called "center of the
    earth" by the local community. According to the first citizens from the cave
    was heard the call to prayer on Friday that made the imperial government to
    establish a mosque in the place.

    The establishment of the mosque began in 1538 AD during the reign of


    Sultan Buton V, but burned due to war suadara. The rebuilding of the
    mosque was done in 1712 AD. The architecture of the mosque is simple,
    with a relatively square shape and has a two-level roof has the meaning of
    two realms of the world and the hereafter.

    CONCLUSION

    At this early stage I tried to make the conclusion that the Fort of Buton
    Palace is a very strong fortress of its time with the use of the hill as the
    location of the fortress construction is very profitable in terms of surveillance
    outside the fort.
    Utilization of seaweed as the main material to replace cement is very
    interesting because in addition to environmentally friendly as well as
    materials that can be updated.

    Myths that developed in the local community until now still can not be
    proven in science so that myth is still believed to be true.

    Due to the lack of reference I found about the fortress it seems like I have to
    dig myself the facts to Bau-bau City about which fort engineers and etc.
    about the fortress in the city of Bau-bau

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