Bandung-Paris Van Java

“…and Bandung had become a point of attraction, more than that, at this time, I have to say its the capital of Asia and Africa”

Jawaharlal Nehru, 1955

Short history of Bandung

Bandung, in the beginning, was accidentally discovered by Abraham van Riebeek in 1712, when he was searching for new resources and area for coffee plantation. When Herman Williem Daendels stuck his stick into the ground and ordered his men to build a city there, which now becomes the 0 point of Bandung, he had never imagined that that city he built had massively grown and become a historical city.

When the highway which connected Bandung and Batavia via Bogor and Cianjur was completed In 1810, the town centre of Bandung was moved from Krapyak, or Dayeuh Kolot today. That moment of history that had turned Bandung from a small, silent village into a big, popular city.

Bandung Paris van Java. Bandung is Paris of Indonesia. Its culture, its amazing beauty, its various great taste food, had made Bandung as a tourism destination place from all over the world.

RAA. Wiranata Kusumah II, he was the 1st Bupati of Bandung. He, together with Daendels, built the city of Bandung.

Aerial View of Bandung in Its Past Time (Bandoeng Tempo Doeloe)

Old Savoy Homan, 1934       Gedung Sate, 1925

Bandung, 1920                      Braga

LP Sukamiskin, 1930

Bandung, Today

Gedung Sate, depan   belakang                    Jembatan Pasupati

Cihampelas                 Alun-alun                 Lembang

Boscha, Observatorium

Bandung, Surounded by mountain range. “Dilingkung Gunung, Heurin ku tangtung”

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