Fort Tolukko

Fort Tolukko
Fort Tolukko
Location within Indonesia
General information
Architectural style	Iberian colonial
Town or city	Ternate
Country	Indonesia
Coordinates	0°48′50″N 127°23′17″E / 0.81389°N 127.38806°E / 0.81389; 127.38806
Construction started	1522
Technical details
Structural system	Stone built artillery fort

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. It has been variously occupied by the Portuguese, the native Ternate Sultanate, the Dutch, the British and the Spanish. It was abandoned as a fort in 1864, renovated in 1996, and is now a tourist attraction.