Fort Willem II | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | 18th century colonial |
Town or city | Ungaran |
Country | Indonesia |
Coordinates | 7°8′17″S 110°24′18″E / 7.13806°S 110.40500°E |
Construction started | 1786 |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Stone built barracks fort |
Fort Willem II of Ungaran (known locally as Benteng Ungaran or Benteng Diponegoro) is a late 18th-century fort built by the Dutch in Ungaran, Semarang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Its main purpose was to control an important trade route between Semarang and Yogyakarta.[1] The fort is the place where Prince Diponegoro was imprisoned while waiting for his judgment in Batavia and further exile to Makassar. The fort is currently used as a dormitory for the families of Indonesian police personnel.