Monument Thomas Parr is one of the historical attractions in the province of Bengkulu. Adjacent to Fort Marlborough is only about 170 m in the southeast. Obelisk-shaped monument with an area of 70 square meters and 13.5 meters high was built by the British government in 1808 to commemorate the resident Thomas Parr who died were killed by the people of Bengkulu.
Thomas Parr Memorial privilege can be viewed from two aspects, namely the physical aspects of buildings and historical aspects. Judging from its physical aspects, features Thomas Parr Monument can be seen from the uniqueness of the architecture. This obelisk-shaped monument berdenah terms and has 8 poles Corinthian style (such as a round timber that contains the meaning that the building looks solid and authoritative). The entrance is on the front and right and left side, perfectly curved and has no door. On one wall in the memorial hall there is an inscription, but at this point can not read anymore because it was damaged. The top of the monument has a dome-shaped roof.
The historical value attached to this monument is to remind people of Indonesia on the magnitude of the contribution of the people of Bengkulu in expelling the British colonizers of the archipelago. The monument is by the people of Bengkulu called Bulek Cemetery is a symbol of struggle and unity in defending the rights and ancestral lands kemerdekaaan of British colonial oppression.
Bung Karno 1938-1942 year had removed and exiled by the Dutch government. At that time, Bung Karno, who lived in a house located on Market Anggut No. 2, or now called Jalan Soekarno Hatta, Queen District Court, City of Bengkulu.
The house red tile-roofed concrete was still solid. Yard wide, with verdant grass. Located not far from the heart of the city, about 700 meters in the southwest intersection of five, and the Office of the City of Bengkulu.
On the inside there are four rooms. One living room complete with a set of old wooden chairs. Then there are two bedrooms equipped iron bed, and a library with two shelves 225 Bung Karno's books.
The furniture in the house was still sitting nicely, some of which are the instruments of households, bicycles and ontel other tools used in the Bung Karno exile. In the town of Bung Karno also married mother Fatmawati as the First Lady of Indonesia.
(Source: mediaindonesia.com)
MarlboroughMarlborough fort is one of historical attractions and cultural mainstay owned by the Province of Bengkulu. British heritage fort early 18th century was built by the East Indian Company (the largest British trade in the archipelago at the time) for approximately six years (exactly in the year 1713-1719) under the leadership of Governor Joseph Callet when in power in Bengkulu. Overall, a fortress-like building is the tortoise standing on the ground covering around 44,100 square feet and facing to the south.
Historically, Fort Marlborough regarded as the greatest legacy of English in Indonesia. Although the background is the construction of this fort for the benefit of defense / military, but over time, Fort Marlborough and also functioned for trading purposes. The fort was used as a place for the smooth coordination of the supply of pepper for the British trading company, the East Indian Company, and the central control of trade shipping lines through the Sunda Strait.
In addition, the fort which was once used as a place of detention Bung Karno was also used as a residence by British military leaders and personnel East Indian Company. In the British Library records, in the year 1792 there were approximately 90 civilian and military personnel living and working in this castle. Functionally, the fort was ultimately more like a shelter in a small town than a military defense center or trade office. This can be seen from the records relating to marriages, baptisms, and deaths, which were stored neatly in this castle.
Privileges Marlborough Castle is located in the building structure consisting of parts which are incomplete. Castle quadrangular has bastions (guard house) at four corners. To enter the main building in the fort, visitors must pass through the main entrance curved perfectly located in the southwest. However, before reaching the main building, visitors must first pass the bridge which connects the entrance to the main building because the castle is surrounded by a moat which forms the shape of the fort buildings. In a hallway before entering the bridge, visitors can see the fruit headstone 4, 2 of which are relics of the Fort York (British fort built before the Fort Marlborough). On the tombstones are listed the name of George Shaw (1704), Richard Watts, Esq (1705), James Cune (1737), and Henry Stirling (1774).
Bastion-contained bastions at the four corners Marlborough Castle pentagon shaped. Bastion, these bastions of the wall dikelillingi equipped with the gap hovering triangle. In the southern bastions, visitors can see the rest of the rail gun round. While the bastions in the south and east against the metal ring 8 pieces, each one meter apart.
