Gedung_Sate

Gedung Sate

Gedung Sate

Public building in West Java, Indonesia


Gedung Sate is a public building in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was designed according to a neoclassical design incorporating native Indonesian elements (such as Hindu-Buddhist elements) by Dutch architect J. Gerber to be the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of State Owned Enterprises (Departement van Gouvernmentsbedrijven, literally "Department of Government Industries"); the building was completed in 1924. Today, the building serves as the seat of the governor of West Java,[1] and also a museum.[2]

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Its common name, Gedung sate, is a nickname that translates literally from Indonesian to 'satay building', which is a reference to the shape of the building's central pinnacle - which resemble the shape of one of the Indonesian traditional dish called satay.[1] The central pinnacle consists of six spheres that represent the six million guilders funded to the construction of the building.[3]

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References

  1. "History of Gedung Sate". Museum Gedung Sate. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. "Museum Gedung Sate". museumgedungsate.org. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  3. "Gedung Sate". iciebp.conference.upi.edu.



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