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The Fort Cornwallis (Malay: ''Kota Cornwallis'') is a star fort that the British East India Company built in the late 18th century on the northeastern coast of Penang Island, Malaysia. It is named after the late 18th century Governor-General of Bengal, India, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/my/web-page/places/states-of-malaysia/penang/fort-cornwallis?page=/1 )〕 Fort Cornwallis is the largest standing fort in Malaysia. In its entire history, the fort has never engaged in any battle. ==History== Captain Francis Light took possession of the island from the Sultan of Kedah in 1786 and built the original fort. It was a nibong ((マレー語:palm trunk)) stockade with no permanent structures, covering an area of . The fort's purpose was to protect Penang from pirates and Kedah. Light died in 1794. In 1804, after the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, and during Colonel R.T. Farquhar’s term as Governor of Penang, Indian convict labourers rebuilt the fort using brick and stone. Fort Cornwallis was completed in 1810, at the cost of $80,000, during Norman Macalister’s term as Governor of Penang. A moat 9 metres wide by 2 metres deep once surrounded the fort but it was filled in the 1920s due to a malaria outbreak in the area. Even though the fort was originally built for the British military, its function, historically, was more administrative than defensive. For example, the judge of the Supreme Court of Penang, Sir Edmond Stanley, was first housed at Fort Cornwallis when the court opened on 31 May 1808. During the 1920s Sikh police of the Straits Settlements occupied the fort. Royal Navy personnel under the direction of Rev. Peter Brown RN conducted an archaeological survey in July/August 1970. The fort was gazetted on 8 September 1977, under the Antiquities Act 168/1976, as an Ancient Monument and Historic site. Today, it has become one of Penang's prime tourist attractions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Cornwallis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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