Jakarta –
The ancient aqueduct of Batavia found at the Glodok-Kota MRT Jakarta Phase 2A project site. Objects suspected of cultural heritage were found by chance.
“It was found accidentally when the Palyja pipeline was about to be moved to the end of Jalan Pintu Besar Selatan,” reads a statement by MRT JakartaTuesday (20/9/2022).
When it was found, the aqueduct structure was still enclosed in a series of red and yellow bricks. Inside there are 3 reeds made entirely of terracotta or brick.
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“This canal is a continuation of the brick structure found in front of the Mandiri Bank Museum in 2021,” explained MRT.
Previously, Silvia Halim, construction director of MRT Jakarta, explained the discovery of the ancient Batavia aqueduct and the ancient Glodok bridge. Two suspected cultural heritage objects were found adjacent to the old tram tracks that had previously been found.
“Yesterday, you know there is a tram here, we opened it here, eh, there is the ancient Glodok bridge. Then we come here, we meet again, there is another Old Batavia aqueduct,” he said Silvia at the Jakarta MRT Journalists Forum in Wisma Nusantara, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (20/9).
Silvia said that the discovery of some cultural heritage objects affected the complexity of the development. Therefore, her party coordinates with the DKI Jakarta Culture Service together with archaeologists to follow the conservation of cultural heritage objects.
“We need a lot of breakthroughs to manage this. One of them is how we can preserve these cultural achievements while we can’t.” to maintain in place. Like this how way, we can start the name 3D scan and photogrammetry. Like this one for example, so it looks exactly like to much physicist“He said.
It will be exhibited at the Museum
So far, his party is moving cultural heritage objects one by one. These artifacts will later be exhibited in a museum that will be built around the Kota Tua station area.
“Brick by brick we take them one by one, we keep it so that later the plan is ours Screen so that it can educate the public, “he explained.
“The plan is that at City Station there will be a gallery like a museum, we plan to install it in the Beos area. We will build the conditions under Plaza Beos. entrance to the large square which connects Beos with the Kota station with the MRT station and underneath there is a metro line, right on this line we will place an exhibition area to become a gallery or a museum, “he added.
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(jbr / imk)
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