 Surrounding this open field was European-centric colonial landmarks built throughout the course of the late 18th and early 19th-centuries.Among the landmarks were the grand residence of the governor-general of Batavia "de Witte Huis" ("White House") of the Dutch East Indies; the Roman Catholic cathedral, and Fort Prins Frederik.Weltevreden was also known as "bovenstad" (Dutch "uptown"), to distinguish it with the "benedenstad" (the Old Town).