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Historical Churches of Jakarta presents beautiful photographs of historic churches in Jakarta. Each church is featured with concise informative text about the history of the church and its architectural pieces. The book is important to people who loves history of Jakarta, Indonesia, and in especially history of churches around the world.

There are 23 historical churches in the book, from Sion Church, the oldest remaining church in Jakarta built in 1695 by the Dutch government just outside the old city walls for the so-called 'black Portuguese' - the Eurasians and natives captured from Portuguese trading ports in India and Malaya and brought to Batavia as slaves; to the main church of Jakarta, the Cathedral or its official name, “De Kerk Van Onze Lieve Vrowe ten Hemelopneming – The Church St Mary Ascending to Heaven”, which was blessed upon by Mgr Edmundus Sybradus Luypen, SJ on April 21th, 1901.