Traveling to the Old City of Jakarta is one of the many trips
for me. If you visit the Old City, surely what you see is the Ontel (ancient
bicycle), and the Fatahillah Museum or its human statue.
The thing I like the most in Kota Tua is the Batavia Stadhuis
Building (City Hall of the VOC Governor's office) which is now a historical
museum in Jakarta.
Many things to visit in Kota Tua and interesting things in
Kota Tua such as Sunda Kelapa Harbor, Fatahillah Museum, Fine Art and Ceramic
Museum, Puppet Museum, Bank Indonesia and Bank Mandiri Museums, and many more.
So, I never feel bored when going to Kota Tua, because Kota
Tua always a fun and interesting place in Jakarta.
Jakarta Old Town
Jakarta Old Town aka Old
Batavia, or locally referred to as 'Kota Tua Jakarta', was the downtown area of
the capital long ago, bearing silent witness to the occupation of the Dutch
East India Company. A walk through town will immerse you in streetscapes lined
with buildings boasting architectural features of a bygone era and in some
corners around town you’ll find what is considered among the best samples of
Dutch colonial architecture in the region.
Consistent with the
nostalgic aura of the old town, most of the museums in Jakarta are found within
Kota Tua. These include the Jakarta History Museum, otherwise known as the
Fatahillah Museum, after the admiral and national hero who gave Jakarta its
primordial name, ‘Jayakarta’, literally ‘town of victory’. Other museums
include the Indonesian Maritime Museum, two bank museums namely Bank Mandiri
and Bank Indonesia, the Wayang or Puppet Museum, and the Museum of Sculpture
and Ceramic Arts.
An interesting fact is that
most of these museums are former colonial buildings and restored by retaining
much of their original architectural features. The ceramic art museum, for
example, was a Dutch courthouse, and Fatahillah was once the town hall of
Batavia. The national archive building, or Gedung Arsip Nasional, which can
also be found here, was the former residence of Dutch East Indies governor-general Reynier de Klerck.
The location of Kota Tua is
in the Kota area, West Jakarta. The way to get to Kota Tua is very easy with
the Transjakarta bus heading to the City department. The City Department can go
through Harmony and then to the City (Rp. 3,500).
While most of the buildings
are in a somewhat derelict state despite some functioning as museums,
continuous restoration efforts have been proposed, with the latest agenda of
pushing the old town spanning 130Ha to be included in UNESCO’s world heritage
list. Entrance fees to most museums start from a mere IDR 2,000 per person and
are generally open from 09:00 to 15:00.
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