List of colonial buildings in East Timor

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The Portuguese Cross of the Order of Christ in the ruins of the Church of Same

The list, which is not exhaustive, is still existing buildings in East Timor from the colonial times . This also includes existing ruins.

background

East Timor was a Portuguese Timor colony for 500 years until 1975 . Parts in the west of the country, such as Maubara and Maucatar , also belonged to the Netherlands at times . Most of the legacies of the colonial era can be found in the capital Dili , but also several in the other cities of the country. In rural East Timor, there are isolated forts, administrative buildings and churches from the Portuguese era. During the Second World War ( Battle of Timor 1942–1945) and the Indonesian occupation (1975–1999), especially during Operation Donner in 1999, numerous buildings were destroyed. Most of them have been rebuilt and renovated since independence. But some of them also expire again.

→ Main article : History of East Timor

The Resoluçâo do Governo 25/2011 - Relativa à Protecção do Património Cultural ( German  government regulation for the protection of cultural assets ) counts the buildings from the Portuguese and Dutch colonial times as well as from the Japanese and Indonesian occupation times as part of the cultural heritage of East Timor. The State Secretariat for Art and Culture, which reports to the Minister for Tourism, Art and Culture , is responsible for protecting the heritage .

list

image	Building	place	Construction year	Coordinates	description
-	Quelicai School	Afaçá , Quelicai	around 1930		One of the Pinto Correia schools . Ruin.
	Chinese school	Aileu	?		Only the facade has survived since the Second World War
	Colonial administrative seat of Aileu	Aileu	20th century	8 ° 43 '52.3 "  S , 125 ° 34' 0.5"  E
	Memorial for the Aileu massacre in 1942	Aileu	20th century	8 ° 43 '52.7 "  S , 125 ° 34' 2.3"  E	Memorial to those murdered during the Japanese occupation of Timor
	Memorial to Dom Aleixo	Ainaro	20th century	8 ° 59 ′ 32.6 "  S , 125 ° 30 ′ 34.8"  E	Memorial to Aleixo Corte-Real , Liurai von Soro, who was murdered by the Japanese
	House of the administrator of the Posto Atsabe	Atsabe	20th century		The building was used by Ugandan police officers from the United Nations, after which it fell into disrepair. In 2017, parties used it to prepare for the 2017 parliamentary elections
	Forte de Baguia	Baguia	1912		Fortress, rebuilt from ruins in 2014. Today a hostel.
	Balibo Fortress	Balibo Vila	1645/65	8 ° 58 ′ 6.7 ″  S , 125 ° 2 ′ 33 ″  E	Small fortress, in use until the 20th century, now a hotel and museum
	Reduto do Conselheiro Jacinto Cândido	Batugade	Mid 17th century	8 ° 56 '47.1 "  S , 124 ° 58' 21.4"  E	Small fort, base of the East Timorese immigration authorities
	School of Baucau	Baucau	around 1930		One of the Pinto Correia schools
	City market of Baucau	Baucau	1932	8 ° 27 '46.6 "  S , 126 ° 27" 10.5 "  O	A ruin for a long time. Today cultural center.
	Pousada de Baucau	Baucau	around 1960	8 ° 27 '40.2 "  S , 126 ° 27' 0.9"  E	Hostel with swimming pool
	Old Baucau pharmacy	Baucau	?		Former pharmacy at the market hall.
	villa	Baucau	?		Colonial mansion
	ruin	Baucau	?		ruin
	Chinese village shop and jeweler	Bazartete , Suco Fatumasi	1960s	8 ° 37 ′ 30.8 ″  S , 125 ° 22 ′ 57.6 ″  E	Released in 1975.
	Seat of the administrative office	Bazartete , Suco Fatumasi	1939	8 ° 37 '30.8 "  S , 125 ° 22" 59.5 "  E	Seat of the colonial administration of Bazartete . Military post during the Indonesian occupation. Burned down in 1999 and restored in 2003. Today the seat of the Bazartete administrative office.
	Bazartete Church	Bazartete , Suco Fatumasi	1960	8 ° 37 ′ 30.8 ″  S , 125 ° 22 ′ 57.6 ″  E	The church was used as an aid station for the military and the population during the Indonesian occupation. In 1999, pro-Indonesian militias set fire to the church. In 2003 the building was restored and serves again as a church and social center.
	Residence of the administrator of Bazartete	Bazartete , Suco Fatumasi	1939	8 ° 37 '29.9 "  S , 125 ° 22" 58.3 "  E	Residence of the colonial administrator of Bazartete. After the building was looted and set on fire in 1999, it was restored and is now used as a police command post in Bazartete.
	Betano customs building	Betano	probably early 20th century		The ruins of the Betano customs building
	Bobonaro Vila Police Station	Bobonaro	?		Still in use as a police station
	Archive & Museum of the Timorese Resistance	Dili	20th century	8 ° 33 '20.2 "  S , 125 ° 34" 39.2 "  E	former Portuguese colonial court
-	Associação Comercial, Agrícola e Industrial de Timor	Dili	20th century	8 ° 33 '13.4 "  S , 125 ° 34" 47.6 "  E	Modern building . Former seat of the Agricultural and Industrial Union of Timor. Today, among other things, the seat of the Portuguese embassy in East Timor.
	Associação Comercial Chinesa	Dili	20th century	8 ° 33 '8.2 "  S , 125 ° 34" 54.6 "  E	Chinese trade association, today the seat of the State Secretariat for Youth and Sport ( Portuguese Secretaria Estado da Juventude e do Desporto )
	Imaculada Conceição de Balide	Dili	1939	8 ° 33 '59.3 "  S , 125 ° 34' 58.4"  E	church
	Banco Nacional Ultramarino	Dili	1966/68	8 ° 33 '17.1 "  S , 125 ° 34" 33.7 "  E	Bank building, modern building
	Casa Europa	Dili	1871	8 ° 33 ′ 11.7 "  S , 125 ° 34 ′ 47.3"  E	Seat of various European institutions, former tranqueira (infantry barracks) of the old Portuguese fortress Dili. Oldest building in Dilis.
-	Prison comarca	Dili	1963	8 ° 33 '55.4 "  S , 125 ° 34" 39.8 "  E	Museum, prison until 1999
	Presidente Nicolau Lobato Airport	Dili	1953/58	8 ° 32 '47.6 "  S , 125 ° 31' 29"  E	terminal
	Guandi Temple (Dili)	Dili	1928	8 ° 33 ′ 19 ″  S , 125 ° 34 ′ 50 ″  E	Chinese temple
	Castro Lahane Hospital (Antigo Hospital Português)	Dili	1860/1906		Lahane Hospital
	Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado	Dili	1922/24	8 ° 33 '20 "  S , 125 ° 34" 35.7 "  E	Former high school, now Faculty of Science and Education of the Universidade Nasionál Timór Lorosa'e (UNTL). Rebuilt in 1952 and after 1999.
	City market of Dili	Dili	20th century	8 ° 33 '36.4 "  S , 125 ° 34" 44.6 "  O	Completely destroyed except for the facade in 1999, today a trade fair and conference center
	Fair para Funcionários Solteiros	Dili	1953	8 ° 33 '11.3 "  S , 125 ° 34" 19.1 "  E	Dormitory for single colonial officials
	Palácio de Lahane	Dili	1860	8 ° 34 ′ 27.5 "  S , 125 ° 35 ′ 4"  E	Former residence of the Portuguese governor. Burned down to the outer walls in 1999.
	Government Palace of East Timor	Dili	1950s	8 ° 33 '15.5 "  S , 125 ° 34" 42.9 "  E	Former seat of the governor, now the seat of the prime minister
	Santo Antonio de Motael	Dili	1955	8 ° 33 '3.4 "  S , 125 ° 34" 14.1 "  E	Church. Parts are from the beginning of the 20th century.
	Toko Lay	Dili	1959	8 ° 33 '16.3 "  S , 125 ° 34" 37.2 "  E	Chinese business building
	Hotel Timor	Dili	1972	8 ° 33 '15.9 "  S , 125 ° 34" 24.6 "  E	Hotel. Burned down in 1999
	Hotel Turismo	Dili	1967	8 ° 32 '56.2 "  S , 125 ° 35" 12.2 "  E	Hotel. Most of it was demolished in 2010 and replaced by a new building
	Motael lighthouse	Dili	1896	8 ° 32 '53.8 "  S , 125 ° 34" 7.5 "  E	lighthouse
	Sociedade Agrícola Pátria e Trabalho	Dili	1948/49	8 ° 33 '21.1 "  S , 125 ° 34" 32.6 "  E	Administration building of the trading company SAPT
	Episcopal residence	Dili		8 ° 32 '57.4 "  S , 125 ° 35' 8.6"  E	Bishopric of the Diocese of Dili
	Centro de Saúde da Formosa	Dili , Suco Gricenfor	1954	8 ° 33 '17.5 "  S , 125 ° 34" 53.9 "  E	health Center
-	Residential building on Avenida Nicolau Lobato	Dili	20th century		Residential building
	Bank director's residence	Dili	?	8 ° 33 '8.9 "  S , 125 ° 34" 58.1 "  E	Former residence of the director of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino in Bidau Lecidere
	Xanana Reading Room	Dili	1960s	8 ° 33 '4.2 "  S , 125 ° 35' 4.7"  E	Library and cultural center, former Indonesian consulate
	Igreja Matriz de Ermera	Ermera	?		Parish Church of Ermera. Rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II.
-	villa	Ermera	?		Villa of the former landowner
	Hauba Church	Hauba , Colimau	?		church
	School of Haudere	Haudere , Baguia	around 1930		One of the Pinto Correia schools . Ruin.
	ruins	Iliomar (administrative office)	-		ruins
	Iliomar	Iliomar (administrative office)	probably 1904		The old lighthouse of the port of Iliomar.
	Old school building in Laclo	Laclo	?		school-building
	Laleia Church	Laleia	1920	8 ° 32 '11.9 "  S , 126 ° 9" 47.3 "  E	church
	Lautém fortress	Lautém	18th or 19th century		Fortress. Former seat of the administrator, surrounded by gardens with a fountain, next to a former church, buildings for the servants and barracks.
	Administrator's residence in Liquiçá (Residência)	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	before 1910	8 ° 35 '37.6 "  S , 125 ° 19" 38.3 "  E	Former resident of the Portuguese administrator in Liquiçá. Fortress-like building in colonial style. The upper floor fell victim to a fire and was never restored. The property has a garden with a swimming pool. Until 1999, the building was the seat of the Indonesian Bupati (district president) of Liquiçá. From 1999 to 2003 the local branch of the United Nations Interim Administration for East Timor (UNTAET) was based here. After that, international organizations used the building. It is currently abandoned and derelict.
	Administrator's Office (Sede de Posto)	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	1938	8 ° 35 '36.7 "  S , 125 ° 19" 38.3 "  E	Office of the colonial administrator of Liquiçá. Neoclassical building with ten or five meter high columns and garden. Last used as the seat of the administrative office, badly shabby.
	Office of the Deputy Secretary of the Administrator (Escritório)	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	1936	8 ° 35 ′ 36.1 ″  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 40.5 ″  E	Office and residence of the Deputy Secretary to the Administrator. Colonial style building with a square floor plan. Used as a district command of the military during the Indonesian occupation. From 1999 seat of the United Nations Police (UNPOL) and from 2002 of the East Timorese National Police . Currently used by the Ministry of Public Works and supplemented with annexes with storage rooms and toilets. The wall around the property has been partially destroyed.
	Liquiçá Municipal School	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	Late 19th century	8 ° 35 ′ 33.5 "  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 36.3"  E	Former community school of Liquiçá in neoclassical style with a classroom and an additional room with a laundry room and kitchen. It was the first school in the Liquiçá municipality . During the Indonesian occupation, the building was used as a military pharmacy. After independence, a non-governmental organization and a public construction company were housed here before the building stood empty for a while. Today it is used by the parish.
	Liquiçá Primary School	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	probably 1940s	8 ° 35 ′ 40.7 "  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 40.5"  O	Originally the school had four classrooms and an administration room. During the Indonesian occupation, two classrooms were added so that the building now forms a U-shape.
	Liquiçá city market	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	1930s or 1940s	8 ° 37 ′ 33.7 "  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 41.5"  E	Ruin of a market building with a square floor plan, the corridor of which was surrounded by small passages and steps.
	Parish Church of São João de Brito	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	1946	8 ° 37 '31.9 "  S , 125 ° 19" 37.4 "  E	1999 scene of the church massacre in Liquiçá ., Burned down. Rebuilt and added a church tower.
	Hotel Tokodede	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	between 1930 and 1950	8 ° 37 ′ 31.9 ″  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 36 ″  E	Former high quality hotel by the sea. Owned by the diocese of Maliana .
	Liquiçá Customs Building	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	Second half of the 20th century	8 ° 35 ′ 29.7 "  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 32.1"  E	Ruin of a simple, two-room building. Used by the sports school during the Indonesian occupation and destroyed in Operation Donner in 1999. Renovation in progress (as of 2012).
	FRETILIN headquarters in Liquiçá	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	?	8 ° 35 ′ 44.8 "  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 30.4"  E	Residential building, today the FRETILIN party headquarters in Liquiçá.
	Residential house in Liquiçá	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	?	8 ° 35 ′ 47.2 "  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 30.7"  E	Private residence.
	Residential house in Liquiçá	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	?	8 ° 35 ′ 38.3 "  S , 125 ° 19 ′ 36.8"  E	Private residence.
	Ruin of a residential building in Liquiçá	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Dato	?	8 ° 35 '46.9 "  S , 125 ° 19" 31.1 "  E	Ruin of a residential building in Liquiçá.
-	School of Laivai	Laivai, Suco Ililai	around 1930		One of the Pinto Correia schools. Ruin.
	Liquiçá Municipal Hospital	Vila de Liquiçá , Suco Loidahar	1930s	8 ° 35 '52.4 "  S , 125 ° 19" 53.6 "  E	Neoclassical building burned down in 1999 and rebuilt in 2000. It is still used as a hospital today.
	Sao Paulo de Lospalos	Lospalos	20th century	8 ° 31 '19.6 "  S , 126 ° 59" 47.8 "  E	church
	Building of the Ministry of Education in Lospalos	Lospalos	?		Today branch of the Ministry of Education
	Santo Antonio de Manatuto	Manatuto	1880/86	8 ° 30 ′ 41.3 "  S , 126 ° 1 ′ 6"  E	church
	Loikeri ruins	Mehara	?		Ruins on the north coast of Mehara
	Termas do Marobo	Marobo	?	8 ° 59 '12.2 "  S , 125 ° 18" 49.8 "  E	Thermal baths with pools, renovated in 2016
	Marobo ruins	Marobo	?		several building ruins
	Fort Maubara	Maubara	1756	8 ° 36 '39.4 "  S , 125 ° 12" 17.2 "  E	Originally a Dutch fortress. The building inside the fortress dates from the second half of the 20th century and served as the seat of the local administration. Today it houses a restaurant.
	Catholic Church of Maubara	Maubara	between 1877 and 1897	8 ° 36 '39 "  S , 125 ° 12" 11.1 "  E	Church built by Pastor Medeiros in the neoclassical style . The attached canopy was only built after East Timor's independence.
	Escola do Padre Medeiros	Maubara	between 1750 and 1850	8 ° 36 '41.2 "  S , 125 ° 12' 8.7"  E	From Maubara's time in the Netherlands. Used by Pastor Medeiros as a residential building and school. Completely demolished in the 21st century and rebuilt in a slightly modernized form. Today the bishop's residence for the Bishop of Maliana .
	Maubara Customs House	Maubara	1920s	8 ° 36 ′ 36.6 ″  S , 125 ° 12 ′ 17.1 ″  E	Former customs house, today a training center, library, tourist information office and headquarters of the Mos Bele Association .
	Tomb of José da Silva Nunes	Maubara	1950s	8 ° 36 ′ 40.1 ″  S , 125 ° 12 ′ 18 ″  E	Tomb of José da Silva Nunes, Liurai of Maubara (1874–1952). The canopy is supposed to symbolize the flag of Portugal , which the ruler was loyal to. Allegedly it was the Liurai's wish to be buried under the flag. After the independence of East Timor, the tomb was renovated.
	House of the administrator of Maubara	Maubara	19th century	8 ° 36 '59 "  S , 125 ° 12" 38.6 "  E	Seat of the colonial administrator of the administrative office. Fortress-like, neoclassical building on a hill. Today a hotel.
	Pousada by Maubisse	Maubisse	?		hostel
	Prison in Oecusse	Pante Macassar (Administrative Office)	?		Prison ruin
	Administration of Oecusse	Pante Macassar (Administrative Office)	?		Administration building from the Portuguese colonial era. After the destruction in 1999, only the walls and outer facade remained. It is planned to rebuild the building and to accommodate the tourist and cultural information here.
	bunker	Parliamento	between 1942 and 1945		Japanese bunker system on the coast
	Ai Pelo	Raucasa , Suco Lauhata	Late 19th century	8 ° 35 '12.3 "  S , 125 ° 22' 53.3"  E	Ruins of a colonial prison. In use until 1939.
	Ave Maria de Same	Seed	?		Church ruins, destroyed in World War II.
	Mission of Soibada	Soibada	early 20th century		Mission, Church and Mission Schools
	The administrator is based in Suai	Suai Loro	?		Ruins of the administrative headquarters
-	Fort from Suai	Suai Loro	?		ruin
	Pousada from Tutuala	Tutuala	?		Former seat of the local administrator, now a hostel
	School of Vemasse	Vemasse	around 1930		One of the Pinto Correia schools
	Fort from Vemasse	Vemasse	?		Fortress ruins
	Vemasse Church	Vemasse	?		Church. Rebuilt after the Second World War.
	Venilale School	Venilale	around 1930		One of the Pinto Correia schools
-	Seven Caves ( Gua Tuju, Fatuk Kuak Hitu )	Venilale (administrative office)	between 1942 and 1945		Japanese tunnels and bunkers from World War II

See also

• List of monuments in Dili
• Architecture of East Timor

literature

• Flávio Miranda and Isabel Boavida: Dili's Architectural Heritage of Portuguese Origins , 2015.
• Architectural heritage of portuguese origins of Liquiça. Dili 2013, ISBN 972-757-225-2 . (Portuguese, Tetum, English)

Web links

Commons : Portuguese Colonial Architecture in East Timor  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Património de Influência Portuguesa (English, Portuguese)
• Resoluçâo do Governo 25/2011: Relativa à Protecção do Património Cultural (Government Ordinance on the Protection of Cultural Property; Portuguese, tetum)

Individual evidence

Documents for buildings with their own articles there and in local articles.

1. ↑ Resoluçâo do Governo 25/2011: Relativa à Protecção do Património Cultural (government decree for the protection of cultural property; Portuguese, tetum)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y} Architectural heritage of portuguese origins of Liquiça.
3. ↑ Património de Influência Portuguesa: Centro de Saúde , accessed on June 23, 2017.
4. ↑ Património de Influência Portuguesa: House on Avenida Nicolau Lobato , accessed on June 23, 2017.
5. ^ Image from Laivai on Facebook , accessed October 23, 2017.
6. ↑ Picture from the Indonesian occupation.
7. ↑ Cova Lima District Development Plan 2002/2003 ( Memento of October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF file; 2.24 MB)