Batavia Castle

Batavia Castle was a fort located at the mouth of in . Batavia Castle was the administrative center of Dutch East India Company in Asia.
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Photo: Andries Beeckman, Public domain.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: VOC fort in Jakarta
  • Also known as: “Batavia Castle Barracks Remnants”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jakarta History Museum and Maritime Museum.

Museum
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
The , also known as Fatahillah Museum or Batavia Museum, is located in the Old Town of , Indonesia. The building was built in 1710 as the Stadhuis of Batavia. is situated 690 metres south of Batavia Castle.

Museum
Photo: Haryo Sutanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is located in the old Sunda Kelapa harbor area in Penjaringan Administrative Village, Penjaringan Subdistrict, , Indonesia. The museum was inaugurated inside the former Dutch East India Company warehouses. is situated 580 metres northwest of Batavia Castle.

Museum
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
The is a museum dedicated to wayang puppetry. The museum is located in Kota Tua, , . It is one of several museums and galleries facing , which include , Fine Art and Ceramic Museum, and Kota Post Office art gallery. is situated 650 metres south of Batavia Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roa Malaka and Glodok.

Village
is administrative village at Tambora subdistrict, , . The border of are : The zip code of this administrative village is 11230.

Village
Photo: Heri nugroho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an urban village of Taman Sari, , . The area has been known as a Pecinan, or Chinatown since the Dutch East India Company, designated as a residential area for ethnic Chinese in November 1740, and is considered the biggest in Indonesia.

Village
is an administrative village of Taman Sari, , .This village is adjacent to Pinangsia Road in the north, Ciliwung River to the west, Tangki to the east and Road in the south.

Batavia Castle

Latitude
-6.12899° or 6° 7′ 44″ south
Longitude
106.81307° or 106° 48′ 47″ east
Open location code
6P58VRC7+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 457735325
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­outbuilding
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q2586938
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Indonesian—“Batavia Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة باتافيا”
  • Chinese: “巴達維亞城堡”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Batavia”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Batavia”
  • French: “château de Batavia”
  • French: “Château de Batavia”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Batavia”
  • Indonesian: “Puri Batavia”

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