Gedung Sate, Bandung, Indonesia

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Gedung Sate is a public building in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was designed according to a neoclassical design incorporating native Indonesian elements by Dutch architect J. Gerber to be the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of State-Owned Enterprises (Departement van Gouvernmentsbedrijven, literally 'Department of Government Industries'); the building was completed in 1920. Today, the building serves as the seat of the governor of the province of West Java, and also a museum. Its common name, Gedung sate, is a nickname that translates literally from Indonesian to 'satay building', which is a reference to the shape of the building's central pinnacle - which resemble the shape of one of the Indonesian traditional dish called satay. (From Wikipedia)