Pembebasan Irian Jaya

Jakarta, Indonesia

West Irian Liberation Monument (Indonesian: Monumen Pembebasan Irian Barat) is a postwar modernist monument located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is located in the center of Lapangan Banteng (formerly Waterloo Square) in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta. Sukarno, then President of Indonesia, commissioned th

e monument in 1963 following the West New Guinea dispute in which Indonesia received the territory of Western New Guinea from the Netherlands.

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Nearby

Lapangan Banteng square
Cathedral Museum musei · 0.2 km away
Jakarta Cathedral cathedral · 0.2 km away
Jakarta Art Building beni_culturali · 0.4 km away
moschea Istiqlal beni_culturali · 0.5 km away
Pasar Baru Jakarta mercati · 0.7 km away
Gereja Immanuel Jakarta chiese · 0.8 km away
Istana Merdeka attraction · 0.9 km away