State Palace

The State Palace is located at Jalan Veteran 17, Central Jakarta. At first it was a land owned by Van Isseldijk, an official of “Raad van Indie” (Council of the Indies of the Dutch East Indie Company/VOC). After the death of Van Isseldijk, the land was owned by Van Braam and during the Raffles era (1811-1816), a lavish and glamour palace was built. The building stand on an area 51.920 m² with construction cost NF 289.250. The construction was carried out by “Firma Dussor” in the 19^th century with neoclassic architecture design.

The Governor General was used this State Palace building as residence and office was Baron Van Der Capellen. Being a palace, this building was often used as a palace for officials of the Dutch Government (Council of East Indie/Raad van Indie) to stay. In this palace Gonernor General Van Linbeerg Stirum held a session to resolve the problem of Indonesia movement members who tried to liberate from Indonesia, and in 1942 the last Gobernor General Tjarda Van Stachouwer signed the afreement surrending his government to the Japanese.

Duri the Japanese era (1942-1945), ste State Palace was occupied by Seiko Shikikan (Head of military Government). In 1947 the State Palace was used as the place for signing the Linggarjati Agreement and on 28 January 1949 the United Nations was initiating the Indonesia-Netherlands discussion, lead by Mohammad Roem from Indonesia and Van Royen from Netherlands. (source: jakarta-tourism.go.id)