Maubara Fort - the placard outside the fort reads:
"Building of Dutch origin dating from 1756, originally built in stone masonry. The existing house on the inside, which in the meantime was recovered, probably dates from the second half of the twentieth centuty and has served as a local administration office.
According to historical information collected, Maubara was a place of numerous disputes between the Portuguese and Dutch armies, and attacks by local kingdoms protesting against colonial policies of the time.
In 1851, the governor of Portuguese Timor, Lopes de Lima, gave up the island of Flores and Solor and, in return, received the kingdom of Maubara and a compensation of 200 thousand florins. In 1859, Portugal finally assumes the sovereignty of the eastern part of the Island of Timor, the enclave of Oecusse-Ambeno and the islands of Atauro and Jaco. The Netherlads, in addition to the western part of Timor, assumes the sovereignty of the islands of Solor and Flores.
The Maubara Fort is currently assigned to the Association Maubara Mos Bele, which works in the development of the region, and the house inside of it was adapted as a restaurant."