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During the 19th to early 20th century, Bandung has become a popular business, shopping and leisure destination for wealthy plantation owners, in particular in the weekends. As a result, the hotel business was blooming in the city. The predecessor of the present hotel, the Homann Hotel was built in 1871–72, owned and managed by the Homann family.
The hotel is built within the complex of the former Ambarrukmo Palace. [4] The palace, known locally as Kedhaton Ambarukmo [1] was the built by the Yogyakarta Sultan, Hamengkubuwono VI between 1857 and 1859 to serve as a royal residence, as well as a meeting place between the royal family Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. [5]
The alun-alun lor also historically functioned for a place for public corporal punishments and executions. Condemned criminals were publicly executed by krissing (using a keris to stab the condemned from the left shoulder blade downward into the heart) beside the enclosed banyan trees of the alun-alun lor. For especially heinous criminals, most ...
The canal is bounded on the south and north with a garden, now located on the west side of the kraton complex of Kamanghungan Kidul and Siti Hinggil Kidul. Today, all of these canals, bridges, lakes, and gardens have been filled with local settlements; the garden becomes the Kampung Ngadisuryan, the lake becomes the kampung Segaran. [20] [25]
The Grand Mosque of Bandung (Indonesian: Masjid Raya Bandung), previously known as the Great Mosque of Bandung (Masjid Agung Bandung), is a mosque in Bandung, the a provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. The mosque received the status of provincial mosque in West Java Province in 2004. It is located on the east side of the alun-alun of ...
Bandung Station–Dago Dago bus terminal 10 Bandung Station–Sadang Serang Sadang Serang bus terminal 11B Bandung Station–Ciumbuleuit via Cihampelas Bandung Station bus terminal Dr. M. Salamun Ciumbuleuit Air Force Hospital 13 Bandung Station–Sarijadi Sarijadi vertical housing (rusun) 14 Bandung Station–Gunug Batu – 22
On 20 June 1812, Sir Stamford Raffles led a 1,200-strong British and Irish force to attack the walled royal city of Yogyakarta. Although they outnumbered the British, the Javanese were unprepared for the attack. Yogyakarta fell in one day, and the palace was sacked and burnt.
Argo Wilis is an executive and panoramic class train operated by PT Kereta Api Indonesia between Surabaya and Bandung in Java, Indonesia.The train covers 696 kilometres (432 mi) in 9 hours and 43 minutes with stoppage at Cipeundeuy, Tasikmalaya, Banjar, Kroya, Kutoarjo, Yogyakarta, Solo Balapan, Madiun, Kertosono, Jombang, and Mojokerto.