Friday, April 2, 2010

Tugu Jogja, the Most Popular Landmark in Yogyakarta


Tugu Jogja is a landmark city of Yogyakarta is the most famous. This monument is located right in the middle of the intersection of Prince Mangkubumi Street, General Sudirman Street, Road and Jalan Diponegoro AM Sangaji. Tugu Jogja almost 3 centuries-old has a deep meaning as well save some recording history of the city of Yogyakarta. Tugu Jogja regarded as one of the imaginary axis between the southern ocean, palace, and Mount Merapi.

Tugu Jogja established approximately a year after the sultan's palace stood, while
the sultan's palace built by Sultan Hamengku Buwana first few months after the agreement was Gianti 1755. At its inception, this monument is expressly depict subjects Manunggaling Gusti, a spirit of unity of the people and rulers to fight the occupation. Or so-called spirit of unity that gilig golong imprinted on building the monument, shaped poles gilig (cylinder) and the peak shape golong(round), so-called Tugu Golong gilig.

In detail, the building was built at the beginning of Tugu Jogja cylindrical conical-shaped pile up. Essentially part of a circular fence while the top round. Height of building the monument was originally reached 25 meters.

Everything changed on June 10, 1867. Earthquake that rocked Yogyakarta when it makes the building collapsed pillar. That said, when the monument is a transition
state collapses, before the meaning of unity did not really reflected in the monument building.

The situation has really changed in 1889, when the Dutch government to renovate the building the monument. The monument is made with a square shape with each side decorated with a kind of inscription that shows anyone who is involved in the
renovation. The top of the monument is no longer round, but a pointy cone-haped.
Height of the building also be lower, just as tall as 15 meters or 10 meters lower
than the original building. Since then, this monument is also known as De Witt Paal or white Pal monument.

If you want to look at Tugu Jogja much as you like while remembering his philosophical meaning, is a bench overlooking the monument at the corner of Jl. Prince Mangkubumi. At 05:00 to 06:00 the morning is the right moment, when the air was fresh and not many people in motor vehicle traffic. Occasionally you may be greeted with a friendly smile that delivering newspapers daily circulation going to the office of Kedaulatan Rakyat.

Afternoon until midnight, there were sellers warm (Yogyakarta typical cuisine) at the corner of Jl. Diponegoro. Famous for delicious warm here and the price is fair. You can eat while enjoying the scenery lesehan towards Tugu Jogja was bathed in light.

Tugu Jogja so identical with the city of Yogyakarta, making many students expressed pleasure nomads after graduating from college with a declared hug or kiss Tugu Jogja. Perhaps it also as an expression of affection to the city of Yogyakarta which will soon be left behind, as well as the pledge that someday he would visit this lovely city again.

1 comments:

Seat Vacations on December 16, 2010 at 2:18 AM said...

thank you so much for sharing:)

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