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Braga Street (official name in Indonesian: Jalan Braga) is a small street in the center of Bandung, Indonesia, which was famous in the 1920s as a promenade street. Chic cafes, boutiques and restaurants with European ambiance along the street had made the city to attain the ''Paris of Java'' nickname. The street starts from a T-junction with the Asia-Afrika Street (or ''De Groote Postweg'' during the colonial times) to the north until the city council (''balaikota''), which was formerly a coffee warehouse. ==Early history== The first name of the street was ''Karreweg''. The city residents dubbed it ''Pedatiweg'', from the Indonesian language of horse-drawn carriages (''pedati''), because it was a narrow street (about 10 m or 30 feet wide) that only carriages could pass through. The street was built only to connect the major Great Post Road with a coffee warehouse, owned by a Dutch coffee plantation owner Andries de Wilde (the warehouse is now the seat of the city administration or ''balaikota''). In 1856, when Bandung was the capital of Priangan Regency, some colonial houses were built along the dirt road of Braga Street with their houses thatched with reeds, ''alang-alang'' grass or other straw materials. In 1882, a theater group established itself at the south part of the street and the ''Toneel Braga'', the name of the drama group, became famous. Residents flocked into the street to watch the group's performance every night and therefore the road was improved by stone pavements, and oil lamps were installed. The street was at that time popularly known as the Braga street. In 1884, a railroad connecting Batavia to Bandoeng was laid down and the city core grew rapidly. New buildings filled the southern end of the street while the northern end was still a rubber tree forest. The street became more famous with a grocery store named ''De Vries'' which sold daily needs for plantation owners. Hotels, banks, cafes and restaurants were opened and the street transformed into a major shopping street. In the early twentieth century, the street was the most important European shopping street in the Dutch Indies. Several well-known Western companies opened their stores in the street, including Chrysler, Plymouth and Renault car distributors.〔 〕 Colonial bookstores, watches and jeweleries retailers and boutique shops were common in the street for the high society. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Braga Street」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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