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Bank Indonesia Building Yogyakarta #62530444
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Bank Indonesia Yogyakarta history of the building from the outset functioned as a branch office (KC) De Javasche Bank (DJB) Djokdjakarta opened on 1 April 1879 as KC 8th. Reason for the founding KC DJB to accommodate the proposed Firm Dorrepaal and Co Semarang. President De Javasche Bank 7th, Mr. NP van den Berg and the board of directors approved the proposal in view of the volume of trade in Yogyakarta greater. Seeing the value of the velocity of money from Yogyakarta through DJB KC Soerakarta at that time reached 2 to 3.5 million guilders. As a sugar-producing town, the production value reached approximately 2,580 tons / year to 300,000 equivalent per year to endure. DJB Yogyakarta branch was established in 1879 on a land area of 300 square meters. Land where DJB stands eigendom status, which means the land owned by DJB itself and no longer belonged to the Sultan of Yogyakarta. Bank Indonesia building designed by architect Hulswitt and Cuypers by displaying an aura of grandeur architectural style europe. Building with three floors with different functions on each floor. The bottom floor functioned as storage space can be seen from space treasures that serves to save money. The main hall and the cashier located on the first floor, while the second floor as a residence for the directors and their families.