Next to the Tsunami Museum is the entrance to the old Dutch war cemetery. The burial ground seems to date back to the 1870s, when the Dutch first fought to occupy Aceh. The elaborate gateway was built in 1893. It is lined with plaques naming the dead who were buried there each year. In all, there are around 2,200 names given.
The whitewashed graves of the Dutch Cemetery
Most of the markers are simple crosses or plaques, whitewashed and largely unadorned. However, beneath a shade tree off the center of the burial grounds is a small area with three Muslim grave markers. This is apparently the grave of the son and Crown Prince of Sultan Iskandar Muda, who was put to death and buried here for some unspecified criminal offense.