Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building
The location of this building at Jalan Pejambon was previously a piece of agricultural land owned by the family Anthony Chastelijin, planted with sugar cane and paddy for the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC). At later stage a sugar came mill was built here.
At the end of the 18th century, the quarter around Pejambon was known as Hertog Park (Duke Park). The road van Indie (Council of the Indies) used this place for holding meetings, due to its atmosphere which was more convenient compared to the other quarters in Batavia at that time. The road van Indie building, which now used as office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia was built in 1890, which until now experience of several times of preservation and innovation. At the first years of the 20th century until 1949, this building was used for meetings by the United States of Indonesia Committee (early Indonesian Parliament). Since 1950 this building was used as office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until today.