Millions of bats fly out of their nests at dusk, in the attic of Gedung Juang (Building of Warriors) museum, at Bekasi District, West Java. The Gedung Juang with the original name Landhuis Tamboen (in the local language-High Building), is a Neoclassical architectural building built during the Dutch colonial era by a Chinese noble Khow Tjang Kie in 1906-1910, and was occupied by Japan in the period 1943 -1945. But in 1950 became the defense base of Indonesian fighters against the Dutch in the second military aggression after World War II. After the independence of Indonesia, this building had c
Millions of bats fly out of their nests at dusk, in the attic of Gedung Juang (Building of Warriors) museum, at Bekasi District, West Java. The Gedung Juang with the original name Landhuis Tamboen (in the local language-High Building), is a Neoclassical architectural building built during the Dutch colonial era by a Chinese noble Khow Tjang Kie in 1906-1910, and was occupied by Japan in the period 1943 -1945. But in 1950 became the defense base of Indonesian fighters against the Dutch in the second military aggression after World War II. After the independence of Indonesia, this building had changed function as the office of the secretariat of the election, and later as the Office of Sanitation and Gardening. Today, more than a century old historical buildings are used as firefighters office, but the condition of the main building appears to be poorly maintained, making it the home of millions of bats. (Photo by Tubagus Aditya Irawan/Pacific Press)
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Keywords: animals, architecture, bats, bekasi, building, historical, indonesia, mamals, neoclassic
