Gambir is a district in the administrative city of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It is characterized by many historic buildings from the colonial era. It hosts some of the foremost political and learnin
Gambir railway station and Immanuel Church are located in the eastern edge of Gambir.
An aerial picture of the northeast corner of Koningsplein showing the palace of the governor-general which is now the Merdeka Palace
An aerial picture of the Gambir station during colonial era
Kota Tua Jakarta, officially known as Kota Tua, is a neighbourhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as Oud Batavia, Benedenstad, or Kota Lama.
Gambir, Jakarta
…Gambier, the lieutenant whom Daendels assigned to pave the way to the south. The area that is now Gambir District was originally a southern hinterland of Batavia with marshes and known for the gambier plant. A kampung settlement existed under the name Kampung Gambir. In the 18th century, a landowner known as…
Jakarta History Museum, the current occupant of former town hall of 17th-century Batavia, the capital of Dutch East Indies and center of the Asian spice trade.
Declining city, in late 19th-century the walled Old Batavia has been reduced to kampung settlements and ruined old buildings.
A street in Old Batavia in 1890, depicting 17th century housing before the development of a business district.
East facade of Cipta Niaga Building, formerly a bank office, has been left roofless and slowly deteriorates; the wooden interior exposed to the element.