Heritage sites in Bogor poorly maintained<\/p>\n
Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor<\/p>\n
At least three forts built during the Dutch and Japanese
\noccupations and two Dutch mausoleums in Bogor have lapsed into
\npoor condition and could be completely destroyed if no action was
\ntaken, heritage experts said.<\/p>\n
The three forts are located in Maseng village, Lepeus village
\nand Pasir Angin village in Leuwiliang. The grave of Van den
\nBosch, a Dutch agriculturalist, is located at Cibedug village,
\nCiawi, and the grave of Dutch architect PR Motman is at
\nCinangneng village, in Leuwiliang.<\/p>\n
The Bogor regency tourism and culture agency head, E. Sukarna
\nNatawirya, said his agency could do nothing about the heritage
\nsites' poor condition because they were under the supervision of
\nthe West Java archeological and cultural agency now based in
\nSerang, the capital of Banten province.<\/p>\n
\"Any projects at the sites, including renovations of the
\nheritage sites, are conducted by the provincial administration.
\nWe are never informed of them,\" he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Bogor is home to 63 heritage sites, many of which have been
\npoorly maintained.<\/p>\n
Hanjuang Bogas cultural foundation head Eman Sulaeman said he
\nwas concerned about the looting of heritage sites. The Motman
\nmausoleum's marble stones had been stolen by locals for the
\nconstruction of a house, he said.<\/p>\n
\"Motman was a Dutch architect. He designed and built two
\nbridges in Bogor -- the Merah bridge on Jl. Kapten Muslihat and
\nthe Anyar bridge at the heart of Bogor. We should keep his
\nmausoleum well-maintained and even make it into a tourist
\ndestination,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He recently accompanied a professor from Tohoku University,
\nJapan, Iwayumi Suzuki, to see the fort in Pasir Angin. A monument
\nwith a Japanese inscription was erected on the site in 1998. When
\nEman and Suzuki visited, the monument was covered with coarse
\ngrass and the fort's bricks had been scattered.<\/p>\n
Eman hoped both the regency and municipal administrations
\nwould cooperate in maintaining the heritage sites.<\/p>\n
His foundation would meet the Dutch and Japanese embassies to
\ndiscuss the sites as it was feared they would be completely
\ndestroyed if no action was taken.<\/p>\n
Sukarna said his agency would be more than happy to work
\ntogether with the Bogor municipal administration and the
\nembassies of the Netherlands and Japan.<\/p>",
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