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Pekalongan Post Office

Hi! My name is Nadia Kusuma Putri. Last friday at 10.30 am, I visited the post office in Pekalongan. It is located at Cendrawasih Street number 1 Pekalongan, Panjang Wetan, North Pekalongan. Across from Jatayu field.

This post office open from 8.15am - 21.15pm. It has a typical Dutch colonial architectural style, which make different from the others post office. Since time in the past, the building has not changed. From the time to time, only the color of the paint changes. The color was not far from orange and beige. Because the place was strategic, people feel easy to visit this post office. To the right of the building, actually there is a minimarket. But I did not get to take a picture. The parking area is so spacious.

At that time, the first post office was built from Dutch at Batavia (now Jakarta), by General Governor G.W. Baron Van Imhoff on 26 August 1746. Pekalongan City was the seat of government in the period of Dutch colonialism. So, various supporting facilities were established including the Large Post Office. To facilitate the traders, a large post office was built in Pekalongan on 1756 ago. The scope of activities of the Pekalongan Post Office covers Batang, Pemalang, and surrounding areas.

The existence of the Pekalongan Office cannot be separated from the long history of Indonesian Post Office. Because this is a cultural preserve. This post office is the largest post office in Pekalongan City.

Front Yard

Front Yard

The Building