Parahyangan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
cultural geography in West Java, Indonesia
About Parahyangan
The name 'Parahyangan' isSundanesefor 'the abode of the gods', as the Sundanese believed that spiritual entities (hyangor gods) resided in the mountain tops. The oldest remaining reference toParahyangandates from the 14th century, when it was part of the Sunda Kingdom. After the fall of the kingdom in the 16th century, large parts of Western Java came under the control of the sultanates ofBantenandCirebonand the Mataram Sultanate fromCentral Java. Soon after, the colonial powers from Europe came to Java, and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settled inBatavia(Jakarta). By the early 18th century also the entire Parahyangan region was under Dutch control. A very important development for the hardly accessible region was the construction of theGreat Post Roadin the early 19th century. The ci
Parahyangan Travel Guide Sections
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