On September 18, 1921, the atmosphere along Dago Street in Bandung was lively. Cars arrived one after another at a building numbered 80[1], dropping off guests who had come to attend an important reception. The terrace of the building was filled with flower arrangements of various shapes and colors[2]. That day, the city of Bandung...
In the 1920s, the Dutch East Indies government built Gedung Sate in Bandung. The building served as the office for the Department Verkeer en Waterstaat (Department of Public Works and Water Management). Originally, it was part of the government office complex known as Gouvernements Bedrijven. Inside the building, constructed between 1920 and 1924, the government...