West Irian Liberation Monument
West Irian Liberation Monument is a postwar modernist monument located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is located in the center of Lapangan Banteng in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: monument in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Irian Jaya Liberation Monument” and “Pembebasan Irian Jaya”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lapangan Banteng and Jakarta Cathedral.
Lapangan Banteng
Park
Lapangan Banteng is a historic square located in a historic area formerly known as Weltevreden, today Sawah Besar subdistrict, Central Jakarta, Indonesia.
Jakarta Cathedral
Church
Jakarta Cathedral is a Latin Catholic cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is also the seat of the Archbishop of Jakarta, currently Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. Jakarta Cathedral is situated 220 metres northwest of West Irian Liberation Monument.
A.A. Maramis Building
Historic building
Photo: Gunkarta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The A.A. Maramis Building is an early 19th-century building in Jakarta, Indonesia. It hosts the headquarters of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. The building was built following Dutch East Indies Governor General Herman Willem Daendels's intention to move the official residence of the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from the decaying Old Town to the southern suburb of Weltevreden. A.A. Maramis Building is situated 280 metres northeast of West Irian Liberation Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pasar Baru and Senen.
Pasar Baru
Village
Pasar Baru is a subdistrict in the Sawah Besar district in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It has postal code of 10710.
Senen
Village
Photo: Irvan Cahyo N, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Senen is an administrative village in the Senen district of Indonesia. It has postal code of 10410.
Kemayoran
Village
Photo: Wie146, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kemayoran is a district of Central Jakarta, Jakarta in Indonesia. It was best known for the former Kemayoran Airport and it has been transforming as a new central business district.
West Irian Liberation Monument
- Categories: monument, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Greater Jakarta, Western Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-6.17032° or 6° 10′ 13″ southLongitude
106.83491° or 106° 50′ 6″ eastInception
1963Open location code
6P58RRHM+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 748910286OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q48728438
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Tamil—“West Irian Liberation Monument” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Monumen Pembebasan Irian Barat”
- Japanese: “西イリアン解放記念碑”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு ஐரியன் விடுதலை நினைவுச்சின்னம்”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kementerian Agama RI and Lapangan Kemenkeu.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Irian Liberation Monument”. Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.