Kartika Wijaya
| Kartika Wijaya Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Batu, East Java, Indonesia |
| Address | Jl. Panglima Sudirman 127 |
| Coordinates | 7°52′1.20″S 112°30′39.60″E / 7.8670000°S 112.5110000°E |
| Year(s) built | 1891 |
| Inaugurated | November 18, 1986 |
| Website | |
| https://batu.el-hotels.com/ | |
The Kartika Wijaya, currently branded as éL Hotel Kartika Wijaya Batu, is a colonial-style hotel located in Batu, East Java.
History
[edit]Originally known as Jambe Dawe,[1] the building was originally constructed in 1891 as a villa for Martin Sarkies, one of the Armenian Sarkies Brothers, who were also the founders of the Raffles Hotel in Singapore and the Eastern & Oriental Hotel in Penang.[2] During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, the building was used as a Japanese army basecamp and an armory, while during the subsequent Indonesian National Revolution, it became an Indonesian army base and soup kitchen before briefly reverting to Dutch control.[1]
The building was renamed Kartika Wijaya and opened as a hotel on November 18, 1986.[3] The hotel has 115 rooms[3] and its interior is decorated in Art Deco style with Javanese accents.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rachmayanti, Sri; R, Christianto; Wulandari, Anak Agung Ayu (January 30, 2016). "Preservation of Art Style in Interior and Architecture Cultural Heritage Buildings: A Case Study in Hotel Kartika Wijaya & Hotel Niagara Malang". Humaniora. 7 (1): 87–97. doi:10.21512/humaniora.v7i1.3491 – via journal.binus.ac.id.
- ^ "Beyond Raffles: seven of Asia's lesser-known colonial hotels". South China Morning Post. May 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "Kartika Wijaya Heritage Batu, Hotel Paling Bersejarah di Malang Raya - Malang Times". Jatim TIMES.