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Kota Tua, Jakarta's old town, to get new lease of life in revitalisation as tourism spot
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The Kota Intan bridge in Jakarta's old town bears resemblance to the Magere Brug in Amsterdam, with both bridges first built in the 17th century.
ST PHOTO: WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA
JAKARTA - The last standing drawbridge built by the Dutch in Indonesia will feature prominently when Jakarta completes a plan to turn its old-town area on the northern coastline into a tourism draw.
The Kota Intan bridge - Bahasa for diamond city - was once near a bastion of a fort for the Dutch East India company, or VOC, at the Sunda Kelapa port. It was built as a conventional bridge by the VOC in 1628, but was modified in 1938 into a drawbridge to allow boats to pass under.
