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The scars of the past are the tourist attractions in Kota Ambon, one of the largest cities in eastern Indonesia. This capital overlooking a bay is home to memorials and structures that have stood for ages as a silent witness to history. Among these are the remains of forts built by the Dutch East India Company during the Golden Age of the spice trade, the ruins of a Portuguese fort that hides underneath the roots of a great Banyan tree in Hila, and Masjid Raya al-Fatah, the city's largest mosque with a dome shaped like a UFO. There are daily flights from Jakarta to Ambon. The city is also on the route of a ferry crossing from Galala to Poka, and at the finishing line of an annual yacht race from ...

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