Great Post Road

It was built during the administration of Herman Willem Daendels (1808–1811), governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, using unpaid forced labour that cost thousands of lives.

La Grande Route, as Daendels called it, was a military road built by the order of King Louis Bonaparte, who ruled the Kingdom of Holland during the Napoleonic Wars.

[2] France was at war with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the road was intended to support the defence of Java by, e.g. making it easier to transfer soldiers and supplies.

However, the original post road runs through the Preanger (Priangan, West Java) highlands, from Meester Cornelis (Jatinegara) south to Buitenzorg (Bogor), and east to Cianjur, Bandung, Sumedang, and Cirebon.

It connects some of the largest cities in Java, including Anyer, Cilegon, Serang, Tangerang, Batavia, Meester Cornelis (today absorbed into Jakarta), Buitenzorg (now Bogor), Cianjur, Bandung, Sumedang, Cirebon, Brebes, Tegal, Pemalang, Pekalongan, Batang, Semarang, Demak, Kudus, Pati, Rembang, Tuban, Lamongan, Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Bondowoso, and Panarukan.

It discusses the sacrifices made by the native population during the road's construction and exposes the lack of freedom and the rampant corruption of modern-day Indonesia.

Part of the Great Post Road in Kampung Cibabat, Cimahi , West Java during the colonial period
The Great Post Road spans from Anjer ( Anyer ) to Panaroecan ( Panarukan ).
The Great Post Road running through Bandung in 1938 (today Jalan Asia-Afrika)