Babon Aniem Kotagede

The Babon Aniem building in the Kotagede Legi Market has undergone a total renewal, because it had collapsed affected by the earthquake shock that struck Yogyakarta and Central Java on May 27, 2006.nThis building serves as a house to store electrical equipment that functions to regulate and distribute electric current in the Kotagede area. Babon Aniem means House / Electric Substation (house for travo), a cultural heritage building.nThere are several Babon Aniem in Yogyakarta besides the Kotagede Legi Market; at the Kleringan T-junction, and in front of Kotagede.

Formerly an electric substation is called Babon Aniem, aniem is the name of an electricity company in the Dutch era while babon is called a Parent. This building was collapsed during the 2006 earthquake and then re-erected as one of the historic buildings. At present the vacant building does not function as anything and when the market legion is full of traders around it.

Monumental building