Jakarta Cathedral also known by its official "The Church of Saint Marry of Assumption" is the seat of Archbishop of Jakarta and situated in the heart of Jakarta, stands right across the Istiqlal Mosque. Both Cathedral and Mosque is seen as a landmark of religious harmony in Indonesia.

Consecrated in 1901, two years ahead Cathedral will celebrates its 120th anniversary. I myself have visited this place more than 20 times since I first landed in Jakarta in 2014, either for just visiting, being my friend's companion for weekly mass, or celebrating Christmas and Easter.

Honestly, I found the architecture of Jakarta Cathedral very impressive as I have never seen before back then in my mountainous hometown. It stands perfectly and rocks hard. I would recommend people everytime they visit Jakarta to drop around this beautiful house of worship.

Compare to Istiqlal, Cathedral is much smaller in term of area and building, but more organized and generally cleaner. Inside the building, I felt calmness and my heart rejoiced. The last time I visited (three days ago), accompanied by Linda (friend from UGM), we saw a preparation for Christmas eve. Also there were akolits (putra altar or altra server), they were preparing for tomorrow's mass.

I give five stars 🌟 for this place because it is overall clean, it has decent toilet and toiletries, securities were so humble and easygoing, mass attendees were not disturbed by friend who wore veil, and of course it architecture. Seriously, we need one like this in Curup, Bengkulu.