Gedung Sate, with ornaments in the form of his trademark skewers on the central tower, has long been a landmark in Bandung who has been known throughout Indonesia and even model of the building was used as a sign for some buildings and signs in the city of West Java.
Gedung Sate is a neo-classical building mixed with native elements. Once the seat of the Dutch East Indies department of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, it now serves as the governor's office of the West Java province in Indonesia. Located in Bandung, it was built in 1920 after a design by Dutch architect J. Gerber.
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.
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