Cikini is an

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in the

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. It has a

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of 10330. Cikini has a long history that goes all the way back to the colonial period and still there are many structures which were built during colonial period. The area is developed as a tourist destination by Jakarta city administration.

History

During Dutch East Indies, Cikini was a special region because it was a part of the Weltevreden, or an area where Europeans primarily lived.

Raden Saleh Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman ( ar, ; ', jv, ꦫꦢꦺꦤ꧀ꦱꦭꦺꦃꦯ꦳ꦫꦶꦥ꦳꧀ꦨꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦩꦤ꧀; EYD: ''Raden Saleh Syarif Bustaman''; 1811 – 23 April 1880) was a pioneering Indonesian Romantic painter of Arab- Javan ...

, a painter maestro and a socialite, was, the biggest landowner in Cikini. In 1852, he designed his own "palace", which was inspired architecturally by

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where he had stayed during his European travels 1844. Surrounded by vast grounds, most of them were converted into public gardens in 1862, and were closed in the turn of the century."Pioneer Between Worlds", ''National Geographic Indonesia'', 2012. In 1960, the

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was built in the former gardens. The house itself is still used today as a PGI Cikini Hospital building. In 1862, the garden of his palace was donated and converted into a zoo and public park named "Planten En Dierentuin", which was the precursor of Cikini Zoo. In 1964, the zoo was transferred to Ragunan and, in 1968, the land was transformed into TIM by Governor

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. At the back of Saleh's home, there are several other antique buildings, such as the Cikini Hospital Chapel, which was built in 1906.

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