Beth Eden Church into heritage

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Beth Eden Church Amteh in the village, district Nusalaut Kabupaten Maluku Tengah who built since 1817 are now established as one of the heritage Maluku.

This church building is quite unique octagon shape and has been aged more than 200 years. "I hope the Office of Culture and Tourism Maluku took over an old church building is included in the heritage area is protected. The future will need to have the policy of allocation of funds from the state budget and local budget for treatment," said Governor of Maluku, Karel Albert Ralahalu in roof renovation of the Church Beth Eden, Sunday (29 / 3).

According to him, a lot of old historic buildings, when used as protected heritage and the government, but the budget does not care or have renovations, the building is a consequence seems ditelantarkan.

Beth Eden Church of the capacity of the church has more than a thousand people, according to the research team of archeologists from the integrated Department of Education and Culture Maluku start built in 1817 by engineers building named Josef Hole.

Building that was damaged when the earthquake tektonik a very large at the end of the century to-18 set, known as the 'Danger Seram' because gempanya center of the island.

The earthquake caused the collapse of the Church building wall so that local government land, A. Tuankotta in the year 1886 up to 1906 to reconstruct the church building is suitable form of the original walls, but using wood iron board that can not be easily cracked or collapsed during the earthquake.

At 1976, the village head, A. Picauli have any new ideas to renovate Beth Eden Church back in line but the original form of zinc roof and temboknya made of concrete, including the renovation of the Education Department had made Kebudayan and Maluku in 1987 until 1989.