Last time at the day of
Tuesday, me and the other 3 collage partner went to Jakarta Historical Museum
at Old Town Jakarta, or we have know as Fatahilah Museum. We went there by take
a commuter line train and also we want to know so many about the historical of
Jakarta, and also the history of that old building.
This building, Jakarta historical Museum is
located at Old City Jakarta, near Jakarta kota station and you can go to this
place by commuter line, transjakarta or taxi if you go from downtown Jakarta.
In front of this building, there is a large
field which it function was the place to kill the criminal people at Holland
era.
That building was the Jakarta city hall when
the country of Holland was become Indonesian governance. This building was
constructed at 25 January of 1707 and be a real building at 1710. Holland was control
all aspect of Indonesian and Jakarta in that period. The function in that year
is for Jakarta city hall, under the building there is under ground jail which
have a function for the house of criminal people at that period.
This building also can we know as talking
building, because in this building, people manage the business which about
letters or communication one people to the other people, so that’s why this
building know also as talking building, not only for city hall or governance
office. When this building ready after constructed, Jakarta was know as Batavia
or Sunda Kelapa. This building also be the central of VOC.
The leader from Holland who have this place as
the office was Pieter Both, this building was chosen by so many Indonesian
leader from Holland because its very near from Sunda Kelapa Port, and of course
its very near to the sea and to the place which food or any other things come
to Indonesia for the first time by fery from another country.
Another function of the building is also for
the jail, the jail is located at the under ground and in that era there are so
many people who have a status as criminal stay at the underground jail for a
long time, until they are die because they are not have enough food which given
by the governance at that era.
The jail is very small and the criminal people
must drink the water from underground, they can’t drink clean water or eat
clean food. So that’s why people in that era very afraid to go to the jail,
because they never feel like normal human when they go to the jail.
When Japan come to Indonesia, this building
also have a function as city hall and not only that, Japan make a new function
in this building, as central logistic. At the year of 1942.
1968, this building officially owned by
governance of Jakarta, and at the year of 1974, Ali Sadikin, the leader of
Jakarta in that year give a new function for this building, the function is as
historical museum, the place which people can easy know about the history of
Jakarta, until now.
GROUP
MEMBER:
1.
Aldo Dwi Prasetya
2.
Krisyunian
3.
Dzaudi
4.
Reyhan
