It has a history going back to the 9th and 10th centuries when there was a wooden fort on the site.

Near the village stood a wooden fort, used as a watch.

The first castle was probably a wooden fort from the 10th or 11th centuries.

Rebuilt to the original plans, this small wooden fort is where the French set up shop in 1605.

It was founded in the 1660s as a wooden fort.

The wooden fort was eventually replaced with a stone keep.

In 1670, Batavia ordered the construction of a new wooden fort.

During the 12th century, there appears to have been a tower and wooden fort at the site of the present castle.

The second wooden fort deteriorated somewhat less rapidly but by 1742 was in bad repair.

Over the next 100 years, the Spanish built nine wooden forts for the defense of the town in various locations.