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Serang is the capital of Banten province, Indonesia, in the north-west of Java, famous for Old Banten, the ruined capital of the Banten Sultanate on the city's coast. Its top sights are the Great Mosque of Banten and its minaret, Surosowan Palace, Kaibon Palace and Speelwijk Fort.
Old Banten was a 16th-century port city known for its pepper, and the sultanate reached its peak in the 17th century before conflicts with the Dutch East India Company led to its decline. Serang is often called the city of pious people, and it became a city separate from Serang Regency on 2 November 2007.
Serang had 692,101 residents at the 2020 census, and it hosts two major mosques, the Ats-Tsauroh Great Mosque and the Al-Bantani Grand Mosque. It is served by Serang Station and by the Tangerang to Merak toll road, and the nearest airport is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, to the east near Jakarta.
The Great Mosque of Banten is a historic mosque in Old Banten, in Kasemen, Serang, Indonesia, and one of the few remains of the port city of Banten. Built in Javanese style in the 16th century, it blends Islamic, Hindu, Chinese and Dutch influences, with about 15 graves in its south porch.
The minaret of the Great Mosque of Banten is a tower 24 metres tall added to the mosque complex in Old Banten, Serang, Indonesia, in 1632. Designed by a Chinese man named Cek-ban-cut, it looks much like a lighthouse and mixes Indian Mughal patterns with old candi decoration.
Surosowan Palace is the ruined palace of the Banten Sultanate in Old Banten, in Kasemen, Serang, Indonesia, first built from around 1526 to 1570 under Maulana Hasanuddin. Walls 2 metres high with diamond-shaped bastions enclose about 3 hectares, with the Rara Denok pool among the ruins.
Kaibon Palace is a ruined palace of the Banten Sultanate in Kasunyatan, Kasemen, in Serang, Indonesia, built around 1815 as the home of the sultan's mother, as its name suggests. The Dutch destroyed it in 1832, leaving foundations, walls and gateways, and it was made a heritage site in 1998.
Speelwijk Fort is a Dutch colonial fort in Kampung Pamarican in Kasemen, Serang, Indonesia, built in three phases from 1681 to 1731 to guard the trade routes and the port of Banten. It is named after Governor-General Cornelis Speelman and was designed by the Dutch architect Hendrick Cardeel.
Karangantu Port is the fishing harbour of Old Banten in Kasemen, Serang, Indonesia, counted among the historic sites of the Banten Sultanate. Boats leave from here for the Pulau Dua bird reserve, and many people living near the port and its railway station are fishermen who dry their catch there.
Karangantu Station, also known as Banten Lama Station, is a small railway station in the Kasemen district of Serang, Indonesia, in the Old Banten area. It opened on 1 December 1900 with the line from Serang to Anyer Kidul, and today only the Merak Commuter Line serves it.
Pulau Dua Nature Reserve, also called Bird Island, is a coastal reserve in Sawah Luhur in Kasemen, Serang, Indonesia, where 108 species of migratory birds have been recorded. The island of about 30 hectares is reached by boat from Karangantu, and was made a nature reserve of 32.85 hectares in 2014.
Ats-Tsauroh Great Mosque is a congregational mosque in the city of Serang, Indonesia, founded in 1870 as the Pegantungan Mosque and one of the oldest in Banten. Rebuilt in 1930 to resemble the Great Mosque of Banten, it gained its hexagonal minaret in 1956 and took its present name in 1968.
Al-Bantani Grand Mosque is a congregational mosque in Serang, Indonesia, built from 2008 to 2010 and holding 10,000 worshippers, the second largest in Banten province. It is named in honour of the scholar Nawawi al-Bantani, and has four corner minarets and three-layered roofs topped with a dome.
Gedung Juang 45 is a Dutch colonial heritage building on Jalan Ki Masjong in Kotabaru, Serang, Indonesia, first used as military barracks. It became the Kempeitai headquarters under Japan in 1942, saw fighting on 10 October 1945, and is now a centre for reading and the archives of Banten's struggle.
Serang Station is the main railway station of Serang, Indonesia, a first-class station on Jalan Ki Tapa in Cimuncang. The Staatsspoorwegen line from Rangkasbitung reached Serang on 1 July 1900 and went on to Anyer Kidul that December, and today the Merak Commuter Line serves the station.
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