Jakarta History Museum



Originally is Stadhuis or balaikota Batavia. Dutch architect team built Jorisz Willem Van de Velde, Bartel van der Valk and Jan Kemmer in the year 1706. Laying the first stone by Willemina Petronella van Horn (daughter of Governor-General Joan van Horn). Balaikota as the first (1627-1707). Three years (1707-1710) Stadhuis done.

Stadhuis no other Dutch central government. Farrago managed it in there: From trade to the marriage. Until the redemption of slaves. DOELOE people know, "talk of building".

Move to the former Stadhuis old. Heat, dust and noisy vehicles beleaguer its. There are ground water permeate foundation walls and buildings. Kusen, wood ceiling, and the cantilever beam partially rotten termite eaten accidentally.

Stadhuis the majestic, now a museum looks tired. Did we care? An old building, which saves a lot of stories.

Puh Sarang Church



Design Puh Sarang church similar Javanese Hindu temple. Building a house identical to the Java-Bali. Construction of stone walls, natural, and no gate. Its adhesive mixture of sand and molasses (sugar cane water). Roof construction with reng, usuk from steel wire. Wall it terracing.

Puh Sarang
environment, surrounded by gardens and natural stone. Yard and garden terrace separated by two different high. The natural stone wall with the image of the cross roads. Omen site Majapahit.

Puh Sarang Church built in 1936. its architect Henricus Maclaine Pont, bloody Dutch. Birth Meester Cornelis (now Jatinegara, Jakarta), 21 June 1884. He and the love interest in the Java architecture. Majapahit in Trowulan site so its inspiration.. Puh Sarang Church Kediri in East Java also a philosophy Hindu-Javanese.

Syahbandar Tower



His nickname now "Pisa Tower". So what?

But because the building look the same italics, not architecture. Sloping ground so as not stable, due to ago-thatch large trucks and containers.

Was founded in 1839. Location in one-one bastion (corner of the fort) remaining. - Now its fortress no longer recognized. Building TEMPO DOELOE -VOC-era is still visible solid.

Function as a customs office goods from the port. Also function as signal observation and meteorology. Tanjung Priok port after standing (1886) the role of the tower was completed.

Syahbandar Tower now so tourism. Take up to 15m-high tower, stunning scenery. -View to the Kali Besar, the landscape area in Jakarta.