Al-Alam Mosque of Marunda

This mosque is located in Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta. It was built in early 17th century by the Mataram troops when they attack Batavia, and made Marundas their military base. This mosque was renovated as it is now with plain materials. The construction of the main pillars as they appear now, was developed work made in around 18th century. The architectural style of this mosque is a mixture of traditional Indonesian, Moor and European design with a square ground-plan divided into 4 (four) parts of rooms; main room, presenting room, mihrab (niche) and a stage. The main pillars functioning as support for the roof are four in number and there are another two pseudo pillars standing against the wall next to the mihrab and the stage.

At the lower parts of the main pillars, there is a square stand each. The pillars are of column types which capital on top. In general the columns serving as pillars are of European (colonial) style. The windows of the main room represent the same shape and size with thick frame with wooden trellis. Every window has five trellises with the same shape and size. The ventilation of the southern of the main room and the all of the mihrab are made of ceramics. The ventilation consist of two parts, each is of 20 x 20 cm with tulip motif.

"Jakarta HERITAGE book (Jakarta City Government Tourism Office)"