Great Post Road

For the road in Victoria, Australia, see Great Ocean Road.

Part of the Great Post Road in Kampung Cibabat, Cimahi, West Java during colonial period

The Great Post Road (Indonesian: Jalan Raya Pos or Dutch: De Grote Postweg[1]) is the name for the historical road that runs across Java that connects Anyer and Panarukan. It was built during the reign of Herman Willem Daendels (1808–1811), governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, using unpaid forced labor that cost thousands of lives.

  1. ^ "Herman Willem Daendels". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 March 2009.