Megaria cinema

Megaria cinema in Jakarta is a historic theater built in 1932 with the name Bioscoop Metropool, according to the Dutch spelling at that time. Cinemas, located at the corner of Pegangsaan and Jalan Diponegoro, Menteng, Central Jakarta and the 1700-capacity crowd is one of the largest and oldest cinemas in Jakarta that still survive today. In 1951, the building and an area of 11.623m ² of land is owned by PT Cinema Metropole. In 1960, President Sukarno ordered the replacement of all the names of foreign smells, because it was Metropool Movies renamed Megaria Movies. In 1989 the theater was leased by PT Cinema Metropole to the network 21 Cineplex, which change the design of the building that became a mini cinema with 6 seating capacity of 50 seats each sektiar office. Its name also could turn into Megaria 21. In 1993, the Governor of DKI Jakarta through Decree No. Metropole Cinema 475 declared as Heritage Building Class A protected and can not be dismantled. In addition to a cinema complex also contains a number of shops and restaurants. Behind this building there is also a small cinema with two performance spaces.