BENTENG SORAWOLIO DALAM SISTEM PERTAHANAN KESULTANAN BUTON ABAD XVII

Abstrak

This study aims to describe the history of Sorawolio Fortress and its position for the Sultanate of Buton. The method used in this study was historical method by Kuntowijoyo which explained the five stages on historical research, namely: (a) selecting to the topics, selecting to the topics with emotional closeness and intellectual closeness, (b) Heuristics sources with document studies, library studies, interviews, and observation, (c) Verification of sources, through externalcriticism and internal criticism, (d) Interpretation of sources with analysis and synthesis, (e) Systematic and objective historiography. The results of this study indicated that: (1) background of the construction of the Sorawolio fortress was very closely related to the defense and security strategy in order to protect the people living in Sorawolio Fortress from enemy attacks. (2) The position of Sorawolio Fortress for the Sultanate of Buton was as a supporting fortress of the Palace of Buton which had an important position. (3) The function of the Sorawolio Fortress was as a fortress defense in the east part of the Buton Palace Fortress from pirates threat of Tobelo (4) The socio-cultural values contained in the Sorawolio Fortress were mutual cooperation culture and patriotism.

Kata kunci

• Fortress
• Function
• development
• position
• sultanate