Fort Duurstede

File:AMH-5621-NA Map of fort Duurstede on Saparoea.jpg

File:Duurstede Fort, Saparua, Ambon - Indonesia.jpg

Fort Duurstede is a 17th-century colonial Dutch fort in Saparua, Indonesia {{cite web |url= http://www.east-indonesia.info/regions/maluku-travel-information-saparua.html|title=Saparua: The Centre of the Lease Islands |author= |date=2014 |website= East-Indonesia.info |access-date=July 3, 2014}}{{cite book |last=Anonyme |title=CONNAISSANCE DES TEMPS ou DES MOUVEMENTS CÉLESTES, A L'USAGE DES ASTRONOMES ET DES NAVIGATEURS, POUR L'AN 1891 |trans-title=KNOWLEDGE OF CELESTIAL TIME or MOVEMENTS, FOR THE USE ASTRONOMERS and MARINERS FOR THE YEAR 1891 (Online at BNF Gallica) |url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6537581k |language=fr |location= Paris|publisher=LE BUREAU DES LONGITUDES |quote=Saparoua, fort Duurstede 3.34.37 S. 126.18.40 8.25.14,7 Bur. hydr. hollandais. |access-date=July 3, 2014 }} The fort originally protected Saparoea village. A navigation guide from 1878 advises: "There is good anchorage near this fort in the westerly monsoon in about 12 fathoms." {{cite book |last=Findlay |first=Alexander George |date=1878 |title=A directory for the navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan ...|location= London |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=J6lBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 |publisher=Richard Holmes Laurie |page=828 |access-date=July 3, 2014 }}

The fort is open to the public and has been heavily restored.