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The Dutch built the fort to protect itself
from attacks from the local population who could not forgive
them for colonising Malacca. However, before it became a fort, a
small Portuguese chapel was built at its present site.
This soon changed in 1628 when opposing
Acehnese forces from Sumatera occupied the hill and used it as a
base to attack the Portuguese who were fortified at the A'Famosa. Later, the Dutch applied a similar strategy like the Acehnese to
use the hill to attack the Portuguese. When the Portuguese were
defeated, the Dutch built the fort after more than 100 years.
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