REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JEMBER — The existence of Jember Regency which is located in East Java Province geographically has a very strategic position with a variety of potential natural resources, so that it holds many interesting historical events to be explored and explored.
In some corners of the Jember city area there are historic buildings that not all local district residents know about, so that the originator of Jember Tourism Transport from City Bus Tours (TBK) Hasti Utami who is supported by the Jember Transportation Service offers City Tour tour package to introduce historical buildings in the city area.
Exploring the Jember city area to get to know some historical buildings, is an alternative educational tour that can be enjoyed by the public, of course by implementing health protocols to suppress the spread Covid-19 during the pandemic.
City Tour which is packed in a fun way for three hours using online transportation The yellow linting or educational tour bus belonging to the Jember Transportation Service begins with a visit to the Santo Yusuf Parish Catholic Church located on Jalan Kartini which was built in 1927. It is one of the heritage trails in Jember. also TBK manager Hasti Utami said the heritage tourism route started at the Santo Yusup Parish Church, then to the old and new Jami’ Baitul Amin Mosque, continued to Pasar Tanjung water tower, a Chinatown shop complex on Jalan Sultan Agung, an early historical building of plantations in Jember in PTPN XII office, Roudhlotul Muchlisin mosque, and ends at Rollas cafe. The old Jami’ mosque was built since the Dutch colonial era and there is a sundial that uses the sun’s rays to determine prayer times.
Not far from the sundial, there is a gu point 0 Jember which is outside the fence of the old Jami’ mosque which indicates that this point is the zero point of Jember. the mosque. The mosque building is unique and iconic because the dome is green, similar to the roof of the Indonesian Parliament Building in Senayan Jakarta. in Jember Regency.
Hasti said that Tanjung Market has historical value because the echo of the Proclamation in Jember was first heard from RRI Radio located at the Mantri Pasar Office.
“Tower Pasar Tanjung water has existed since the history of the Jember plantation and is indeed one of the heritage buildings in Jember because based on the year the marker at the entrance of the water tower is written in 1932,” he said. . Landbouw Maatschappij Oud Djember (LMOD) which is a historical plantation building in Jember which has existed since 1859. because the history of the plantation really started from Jember and the architecture of the Dutch building is still well preserved with its characteristics.
NV. LMOD is the name of a trading business founded by George Birnie in the plantation sector with the initial commodity of the company’s business at that time being tobacco, which later expanded into coffee and sugar.
After traveling to NV LMOD, tourists returned invited to walk along Jalan Gajah Mada to see a number of ancient buildings along the way and stop at the Roudhlotul Muchlisin Mosque which is also an iconic mosque in Jember Regency. Cafe Rollas whose building is also historic because it used to function as a guest house for the LMOD company and is now still managed by PTPN XII which has been converted into a cafe with an ancient building. one of the exciting trips as an educational and heritage tour with a fairly cheap ticket, which is Rp. 17,500 per person,” he said.
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