Gambar kawasan kota tua Batavia jakarta |
Historical tour of the kota tua of Batavia metropolitan jakarta - Traveling
Batavia old city is a small city with a long history from the name of the capital city of Jakarta,the state of Indonesia.
originated from the seizure of the international maritime harbor dock between international kingdoms on the island of Java including the great Islamic kingdom (demak) and (Cirebon) as the main strongholds of western Java and the kingdom of Banten (Sultan Hasanuddin), one of the descendants of teak (panembahan jati/sunan gunung jati cirebon).
The arrival of foreign traders from the Middle East to the Dutch East Indies (Jan Pieterszoon) who are still a German tribe on the coast of the Rhine River (Germany) the Roman empire.
The name of Batavia
The name Batavia comes from the Batavian tribe,a Germanic tribe who lived on the banks of the Rhine in the Roman Empire. The Dutch and some Germans are descended from this tribe.
batavia is also the name of a sizable tall mast sailing ship from the Netherlands owned by the Dutch East Indies company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC),made on October 29,1628, commanded by Captain Adriaan Jakobsz.
The ship is now in a museum in Fremantle, Australia. The ship eventually ran aground on the coast of Beacon Island,Western Australia. And the entire crew of 268 people sailed in an emergency lifeboat to the city of Batavia.
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A brief history
In 1526, Fatahillah,sent by the the empire of Demak, attacked the port of Sunda Kelapa in the Hindu kingdom of Pajajaran,later called Jayakarta. the city is only 15 hectares wide and has a traditional Javanese port layout,in 1619,the VOC destroyed Jayakarta under commandJan Pieterszoon Coen, One year later,the VOC built a new city called Batavia in honor of Batavieren,the Dutch ancestor.
The city is centered around the east bank of the Ciliwung River,which is now the Fatahillah Square.
The inhabitants of Batavia called (Batavianen) which came to be known as the tribe (Betawi) consisted of creole ethnics who were descended from various ethnic groups inhabiting Batavia.
in 1635,the city extended to the west bank of the Ciliwung River,home to the ruins of the former Jayakarta, it was designed in a European Dutch style complete with a fortress (Kasteel Batavia),city walls,canals,and the city is arranged in several blocks separated by canals.
The city of Batavia was completed in 1650 and later became the VOC headquarters in the East Indies.
The channel was filled with the appearance of a tropical plague within the city walls because of poor sanitation and the city area began to expand south after the epidemics of 1835 and 1870,when it pushed many people out of the narrow city towards the Weltevreden area (now the area around the lapangan merdeka).
Batavia later became the administrative center of the Dutch East Indies.
In 1942,during the Japanese occupation, Batavia changed its name to Jakarta and still functions as the capital of Indonesia until now.
In 1972 the Governor of Jakarta,Mr Ali Sadikin,issued a decree that officially made Kota Tua a historical heritage site.
The governor's decision is aimed at protecting the architectural history of the city or at least the remaining buildings in the center of the capital city of Jakarta.
Jembatan kota intan 1900-1940 |
Jalur sungai jembatan kota intan |
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Bangunan toko merah |
Of the many places and build a house only one can make a miracle that is a red house, even though it is some distance across the river and many people visit for just a photo here.
What is the attraction of this house ..?
a house called the (toko merah) stood alone on the side of the road across the river,the old city of Batavia.