Taman Prasasti Museum
Museum Taman Prasasti (Indonesian for Museum of Memorial Stone Park or Inscription Museum) is a museum located in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum was formerly a cemetery, built by the Dutch colonial government in 1795 as a final resting place for noble Dutchmen. Several important person that was buried in the cemetery area are Olivia Mariamne Raffles – the first wife of British governor general Thomas Stamford Raffles - and Indonesian youth activist Soe Hok Gie. The cemetery area is the oldest of its kind in Jakarta and may have been the oldest modern cemetery in the world by comparison with the Fort Canning Park (1926) in Singapore, Gore Hill cemetery (1868) in Sydney, Père Lachaise Cemetery (1803) in Paris, and Mount Auburn Cemetery (1831) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Jalan Tanah Abang I, Special Capital Region of Jakarta Gambir (Central Jakarta)
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N -6.172 ° | E 106.819 ° |
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Gedung Tenis Meja Kebon Jahe
Jalan Tanah Abang I
10160 Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Gambir (Central Jakarta)
Indonesia
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