TUGU JOGJA...
Almost three centuries old keeps some history records of Yogyakarta, Monument Tugu Jogja still be the most favorite place to visit along day in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Monument Tugu Jogja even being the historical landmark of Jogja.
Located in the centered of an intersection (Mangkubumi Street, Soedirman, AM Sangaji, and Diponegoro Street), Tugu Jogja was built at the early moment of the construction of Yogyakarta Kingdom.
As the most identical site in Yogyakarta, so many visitor, travellers and university students come around the Tugu Jogja to express their happiness by taking some pictures. Tugu Jogja being one of so many tourism destination in Jogja.
It is described the philosophy of the unity of God's creatures. Means that the spirit of togetherness of lay people and authorities to fight colonials.
The spirit of togetherness, called golong gilig, realized and described in the construction of the monument. There is the pole is of gilig (cylinder) form and the top part is golong (rounded), as the monument was as always known as Tugu Golong-Gilig.
Mentioned that the monument originally constructed in the form of a cylindrical pole with conical form upwards. Can be seen that the base was an encircling fence while the top is rounded, with the preliminary height was 25 meters.
It's told that the monument changed on Monday, 10 June 1867, as a big earthquake in Yogyakarta ruined it. It is believed that the collapse of the monument was the transition time for the unity was not really reflected on the monument. In 1889, it's known that the Dutch colonial reconstructed the monument with different concept. At the time, Tugu Jogja reconstructed as a square with each side being decorated with a kind of inscription containing the names of people who involved in the renovation.
The top portion is no longer rounded but a pointed cone. The height of the monument is also lower, just 15 meters. The monument had different name, as De Witt Paal or Tugu Pal Putih.
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Almost three centuries old keeps some history records of Yogyakarta, Monument Tugu Jogja still be the most favorite place to visit along day in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Monument Tugu Jogja even being the historical landmark of Jogja.
Located in the centered of an intersection (Mangkubumi Street, Soedirman, AM Sangaji, and Diponegoro Street), Tugu Jogja was built at the early moment of the construction of Yogyakarta Kingdom.
As the most identical site in Yogyakarta, so many visitor, travellers and university students come around the Tugu Jogja to express their happiness by taking some pictures. Tugu Jogja being one of so many tourism destination in Jogja.
It is described the philosophy of the unity of God's creatures. Means that the spirit of togetherness of lay people and authorities to fight colonials.
The spirit of togetherness, called golong gilig, realized and described in the construction of the monument. There is the pole is of gilig (cylinder) form and the top part is golong (rounded), as the monument was as always known as Tugu Golong-Gilig.
Mentioned that the monument originally constructed in the form of a cylindrical pole with conical form upwards. Can be seen that the base was an encircling fence while the top is rounded, with the preliminary height was 25 meters.
It's told that the monument changed on Monday, 10 June 1867, as a big earthquake in Yogyakarta ruined it. It is believed that the collapse of the monument was the transition time for the unity was not really reflected on the monument. In 1889, it's known that the Dutch colonial reconstructed the monument with different concept. At the time, Tugu Jogja reconstructed as a square with each side being decorated with a kind of inscription containing the names of people who involved in the renovation.
The top portion is no longer rounded but a pointed cone. The height of the monument is also lower, just 15 meters. The monument had different name, as De Witt Paal or Tugu Pal Putih.
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