Marunda

Marunda is a small fisherman village on the north of Batavia (now Jakarta). The Legendary local hero called Pitung lived ini this village for years and begin a resistance againts VOC.

Old Town Building

This Old Town Building resides in front of The Fatahilah Museum. The ruin is still used by some local photographers to shoot a classical view of Old Batavia (previous name for Jakarta).

Fatahilah Museum

This old City Hall of Batavia occupies the site of its two predecessors. The current building of fine Dutch architecture was completed in 1710 and once served many civic and judiciary functions. Beneath the front portico lie some cells which were used as dungeons. The museum took over the premises in 1974 and offers a fine glimpse into the city's colonial past. Thirty-seven ornate rooms display Dutch furniture, old maps, antiquities and Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) memorabilia, recreating the atmosphere prevalent during the Dutch era.

Sunda Kelapa Harbour

Sunda Kelapa Harbour in sunset and sunrise...
Sunda Kelapa is the old port of Jakarta. In the original name, it is known "Sunda Kalapa" (from Sundanese words). The port is situated in Penjaringan sub-district, of North Jakarta, Indonesia. Although Sunda Kelapa today only a small port of Jakarta, this port is important for the development of this city. Jakarta has its origins in Sunda Kalapa and the village around it.

Sunda Kelapa, together with Aceh and Makassar, was one of the few Indonesian ports that maintained close ties with Europe. In 1522, Portuguese had concluded a politico-economic agreement with Sunda Kingdom, the authority of the port. In exchange for military assistance against the threat of rising Islam Javan kingdoms, Prabu Surawisesa, king of Sunda at that time, granted them free access to the pepper trade. Some Portuguese who were in the service of the sovereign, made their homes in Sunda Kelapa.

In 1619, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, a Dutch man, seized the port from the Sultanate of Banten and built a port there. Hanifah sutomo is former prime minister of sunda kelapa.

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_Kelapa