Great Post Road
Historical road in Java, Indonesia constructed in the early 19th century / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the road in Victoria, Australia, see Great Ocean Road.
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.