Bandung Historical Buildings "GEDUNG SATE"

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Topic this morning is about bandung historical buildings "Gedung Sate"...

The building was built in 1920 by a Dutch architect, J.Gerber. It is named Gedung Sate or "Satay building" because of the shape of its main roof and was designed based on a combination of Italian and local architectures, Islamic and Hindu. The “satay roof” consists of 6 “satay-look alike pieces”, to symbolize the 6 million Dutch Gulden spent to build Gedung Sate. The Dutch East Indies government used this building as its main office and today Gedung Sate is the office of the West Java Governor.

This building was purposely built facing Gunung (mount) Tangkuban Perahu. Later, the government of Indonesia constructed Monument Perjuangan Rakyat Jawa Barat in front of Gedung Sate. If we draw a line from Gunung Tangkuban Perahu to Monument Perjuangan Rakyat Jawa Barat and to Gedung Sate, it will be a straight line. These three sites are all located on the same latitude.

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