Gedung Merdeka (The Venue of the Asian African Conference)
Posted on | January 30, 2008 | No Comments
Concordia Building, 1895
Gedung Merdeka located on Jalan Asia Afrika Number 65 Bandung was built in 1895 as a meeting place for European people, especially who lived in Bandung and its surroundings. Most of them were the owner of the tea plantation and Dutch officers.
They established a society which was well known as Societeit Concordia on 29th June 1879. The purpose of the society was “…… de bevordering van gezellig verkeer”. As a meeting place, at first they used to gather having some tea in the Warung De Vries.
Afterwards, (1895) they moved in to a building opposite to the Warung De Vries, named Concordia which takes 7.983 meter square. In that year, the building was a simple one which its walls were made of wood and the source of its light at night were only gasoline lanterns.
The building was located in the corner of “Groote Postweg ” (now Jalan Asia Afrika) and “Bragaweg” (now Jalan Braga). Its left wing is next to Tjikapoendoeng River (Cikapundung) which was very comfortable since there were many thick trees grew.
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