Jumat, 07 Juni 2013

#3rd Assigments PART 2 - The Daendel's Road



Nama : Eka Rohmawati
Kelas : 3eb17
NPM : 22210293

The Great Post Road is the name for the historical road that runs across Java that connects Anyer and Panarukan and whose length is approximately 1000 km. It was built during the reign of governor-general of the Dutch East Indies Herman Willem Daendels (1808–1811). In each post was established as 4.5 kilometers and connecting stops sending letters. Post Road construction purpose is to facilitate communication between Daendels controlled areas along Java and as a bulwark in the North Coast island of Java.

Today the Java Great Post Road consist the most parts of present. However the original post road is runs through Preanger (Priangan, West Java) highland, from Meester Cornelis (Jatinegara) went south to Buitenzorg (Bogor), and went east to Cianjur, Bandung, Sumedang, and Cirebon. The current north coast road runs through coastal northern West Java which built later after the construction of Daendels' post road. It connects Bekasi, Karawang, Pamanukan, and Cirebon.The road originally ran from Anyer, present day Banten, but formerly West Java to Panarukan, East Java, but later was extended to Banyuwangi.  In its current form the Java main road extends through five provinces: Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java and East Java.




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