Fort Somba Opu

Somba Opu
Baruga Somba Opu
Samboppe
Fort Somba Opu
TypeRuins of a former citadel
LocationMakassar, South Sulawesi
Coordinates5°11′21.65″S 119°24′7.09″E / 5.1893472°S 119.4019694°E / -5.1893472; 119.4019694
Founded16th century
Original useSultanate of Gowa seat
Fort Somba Opu is located in Indonesia
Fort Somba Opu
Location of Somba Opu
Baruga Somba Opu
Samboppe
in Indonesia

Fort Somba Opu (Makassarese Baruga Somba Opu, Indonesian Benteng Somba Opu) was a fortified commercial center of the Gowa Sultanate. Its ruins are located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The fort was the center of the Gowa Sultanate in the 16th-century until its destruction by the Dutch East India Company in 1669. The conquest of Somba Opu citadel was one of the most difficult campaigns the Company had ever undertaken in the East.[1]

  1. ^ Andaya 1981, p. 134.