Fort Margherita

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Fort Margherita is a 19th-century riverside fortress in Kuching, Sarawak, built during the Brooke era and now serving as a historical landmark and museum.

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Fort Margherita canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
historical landmark ⓘ
museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
road ⓘ
architecturalStyle English colonial ⓘ
builtDuring Brooke era ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Kuching ⓘ
Forts in Sarawak ⓘ
Museums in Sarawak ⓘ
conservationStatus restored historical building ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1879 ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
creator Charles Brooke ⓘ
currentUse historical exhibition space ⓘ
museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
elevationAboveRiver on a hill overlooking the Sarawak River ⓘ
foundedBy Charles Brooke ⓘ
hasPart battlements ⓘ
cannon embrasures ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
exhibition galleries ⓘ
guardrooms ⓘ
museum displays ⓘ
perimeter wall ⓘ
watchtower ⓘ
heritageDesignation Sarawak heritage site ⓘ
inception 1879 ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod 19th century ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Sarawak River ⓘ
location Kuching ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Margaret Alice Lili de Windt ⓘ
Ranee Margaret of Sarawak ⓘ
nearby Astana, Kuching ⓘ
Kuching city centre ⓘ
linked to: Kuching
operatedBy Sarawak Museum Department ⓘ
linked to: Sarawak Museum
originalFunction defensive fortification ⓘ
protection against pirates ⓘ
riverine defense ⓘ
overlooks Kuching Waterfront ⓘ
significantEvent defense of Kuching during Brooke rule ⓘ
tourismStatus popular tourist destination in Kuching ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuching → hasAttraction → Fort Margherita ⓘ
Sarawak River → hasLandmarkOnBank → Fort Margherita ⓘ
Kuching Waterfront → hasLandmark → Fort Margherita ⓘ
Kuching Waterfront → hasViewOf → Fort Margherita ⓘ
Astana Negeri Sarawak → near → Fort Margherita ⓘ