Gedung Sate is a public building in

Bandung, West Java Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, maki ...

, Indonesia. It was designed according to a neoclassical design incorporating native Indonesian elements (such as Hindu-Buddhist elements) by

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

architect J. Gerber to be the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of State Owned Enterprises (''Departement van Gouvernmentsbedrijven'', literally "Department of Government Industries"); the building was completed in 1920. Today, the building serves as the seat of the governor of the province of West Java, and also a museum. Its common name, ''Gedung sate'', is a nickname that translates literally from Indonesian to 'satay building', which is a reference to the shape of the building's central pinnacle - which resemble the shape of one of the Indonesian traditional dish called

satay Satay ( , in USA also , ), or sate in Indonesian spelling, is a Southeast Asian dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce. The earliest preparations of satay is believed to have originated in Javanese cuisine, but ...

. The central pinnacle consists of six spheres that represents the six million gulden funded to the construction of the building.

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Buildings and structures in Bandung Dutch colonial architecture in Indonesia Cultural Properties of Indonesia in West Java {{Indonesia-struct-stub

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