The old town is one of the areas in Jakarta, in Jakarta a city into a tourist destination well known history in the capital. This old city tour can give You a variety of historical value as well as the story behind his magnificent stand capital of Indonesia is now. In addition, the old town can also be an attractive tourism destinations to make the background image or hunting photos, because the feel of ancient times Netherlands or vintage that was there. No wonder the old town often used as background for the photo session, pre wedding photo or Yearbook.
Did you know that the old town is one of the forerunner of Jakarta now you know. In addition to the old city, the port of Sunda is also the beginning of Indonesia's capital. The area sits on acres 139 acres dominated by various buildings with European as well as Chinese architecture dating from the 17th century until the 20th century. Here, you can admire the architectural masterpieces Netherlands colonial buildings still standing proudly up to now.
The early story of the old town is an area that was established by the Netherlands with colonial name of the city of Batavia. City of Batavia was standing over a region named Jayakarta (now Jakarta) from 1527 until 1619. The town later became the colonial Netherlands choice due to its location near the dengat Sultanate of Banten port named port of Sunda Kalapa. City of Batavia was later dubbed "The Pearl of the East" or which has the meaning of "the Pearl of the East" by James Cook, a famous explorers of the United Kingdom. He was fascinated with the sights of the city that has a spatial as well as building a beautiful city like Amsterdam in Netherlands. And it's true, former Netherlands colonial Town of Batavia planning as a copy from the capital city of the Netherlands.
Property which is then attacked by the VOC Netherlands in 1620, renamed to Batavia and established city centre in the old town it. From there the former VOC controls all activities, such as the activities of political, military and trade. Town of the Batavia area also expanded to reach 846 hectares of 139 acres. It covers an area of Batavia Sunda Kelapa Harbor, Chinatown Glodok and fish market, but its own town centre is still located in the building of City Hall and Museum Fatahillah. It was only after Japan came and conquered Indonesia, the name changed to Batavia Jakarta City until now.
Reminisce Old City tours in jakarta
Here, you can learn the history of the founding of the city of Jakarta which was a departure from the old town now. To enjoy the sights of the old town, you can walk around the region. If you get tired, you can also rent bicycles, old available here so that travel is becoming more exciting. Don't forget to bring a camera to capture the beauty of the other architecture buildings used to be here, Yes! In the old town, there were six locations full of historical value that must be Your head. Among these are the port of Sunda Kelapa, the three main buildings in the old town Museum Fatahillah, Museum of fine arts and the Museum of Puppets, and two other buildings which are Independent as well as Museum railway station of the city.
If you want to dig deeper into the historical value of this old town, you will be most obliged to visit the Fatahillah Museum. Here, you can see the history of London from prehistoric times to the Jakarta City is still the Jayakarta. The museum building was also used as a courtroom as well as Dungeon, so you can find the ballast ball to prisoners here.
In addition to these buildings, the sixth in the tour of the old town is also worth visiting the Tower of Your Harbour or Uitkijk Post. The tower was once the point 0 or km 0 of the city of Jakarta, before later being moved to the national monument in the 1980s; now, the Tower of the Harbour where you can enjoy views of the City from a height of.Read also the night sights in jakarta.
