Kategori: History

The Sunda Strait has been a passage, battlefield and disaster zone. Its strategic importance today rests on the same geography—and on Indonesia’s ability to keep ships moving while managing volcanic and tsunami risks.

Banten’s latest preservation efforts are moving beyond repaired buildings. The harder test is whether Banten Lama’s mosques, palaces, museum and fortifications remain connected to the worship, pilgrimage, education and local business that keep the old city meaningful.

The 1883 Krakatau disaster was not only an eruption story. Its logs, wave evidence and continuing monitoring explain why the Sunda Strait remains a tightly watched volcanic and tsunami corridor.

Old Banten’s surviving mosque, palace ruins, fort and museum mark the remains of a sultanate port that connected Java with merchants and goods moving across the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia.

Speelwijk Fort: A Quiet Sentinel of Dutch Colonial History in Old Banten Nestled within the mangrove-bordered grounds of Old Banten…

The Great Mosque of Banten: A Living Monument of Architecture and Religious Harmony BANTEN — Standing amid the ruins and…

Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa: The Golden Age That Made Banten a Regional Power BANTEN — The story of Banten’s most luminous…

Banten Lama: Walking Through the Ruins of Surosowan and Kaibon Palaces Tucked where the Cibanten River meets the Java Sea,…