Tugu Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Landmark the Most Popular

Tugu Yogyakarta is a landmark city of Yogyakarta's most famous. The monument is located right in the middle of the crossroad Mangkubumi Prince Street, General Jalan Sudirman, Jalan AM Sangaji and Diponegoro Street. Tugu Yogyakarta aged almost 3 centuries have meaning in the recording at the same time save some historical city of Yogyakarta.

Tugu Yogyakarta was established approximately one year after the Kraton stand. At the beginning of the foundation, the building is explicitly describe Manunggaling servant girl, the spirit of unity and the ruler of the people to fight occupation. The spirit of unity or called golong gilig is clearly envisaged in the monument, shaped poles gilig (cylinder) and the peak shape golong (round), that Tugu Golong-called Gilig.

In detail, building Tugu Yogyakarta built during the early pole-shaped cylinder using the above. Basically, the fences that form a circle while the top round. Elevation of the monument was initially reached 25 meters.

Everything changed on 10 June 1867. The Yogyakarta earthquake when it collapsed to create the monument. Can be said, when the shaft collapsed this is a state of transition, before the meaning of unity is not reflected in the monument.

The situation really changed in the year 1889, when the Dutch government renovate the monument. Monument made of square with each side decorated with such inscriptions show that anyone who is involved in the renovation. The top monument, not round, but the conical spiked. Altitude also be lower, at only 15 meters or 10 meters lower than the original building. Since then, the monument is also called as De Witt deed or Tugu White Pal.

Revamp the building is a Dutch tactics to erase the association between the people and king. However, the struggles people in Yogyakarta and the king held afterwards, can be known that the effort was not successful.

If you want to look Tugu Yogyakarta while meaning filosofisnya recall, the benches overlooking the monument at the corner of Jl. Prince Mangkubumi. 05.00 hrs - 06.00 morning is the right time, when the air is still fresh and not many vehicles and thatch. Occasionally you may be disapa with a friendly smile newspaper deliveryman who want to go to the office daily circulation Kedaulatan Rakyat.

Afternoon until midnight, there is a seller gudeg (cooking typical Yogyakarta) at the corner of Jl. Diponegoro. Gudeg famous around here and the prices reasonable. You can eat a Lesbian while enjoying the scenery to the Tugu Yogyakarta, which is bright.

Once Tugu Yogyakarta with the city of Yogyakarta, make many students reveal your taste senangnya stated after graduating college enclasp or with the smell of Tugu Yogyakarta. Perhaps it also as an expression dear to the city of Yogyakarta, which will soon be abandoned, at a time when a pledge that he will later visit the city watched this again.

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Monument Jogja Kembali

Curfew is marked break from post defense Netherlands. Under the command Letkol Soeharto, 10 Brigade commander region Wehrkreise III, the defense began to demolish the Netherlands, after obtaining approval from the Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX as penggagas attack. Dutch troops one month since the Dutch military aggression II in December 1948 is in the post-post small, concentrated and weakened. During six hours of Indonesian National Army (TNI) successfully occupy city of Yogyakarta, after the force back the Dutch troops. Right at 12:00 pm, according to the plan, all troops TNI withdraw from the city center when the Dutch came assistance. Telak a defeat for the Netherlands.
There is still the Republic of Indonesia

Battle of known attacks with General March 1 is proving to be early in the international world that the TNI still has the power to make resistance and stated that the Republic of Indonesia is still there. This terpicu after the Dutch government that have been captured and deport Bung Karno and Bung Hatta to Sumatra, rests with the state propaganda of the Republic of Indonesia is not there.

News resistance during this six hours later dikabarkan to Woodend, forwarded to Bukit Tinggi, and Burma, New Delhi (India), and ended the UN headquarters in New York. From this news, the United Nations that U.S. forces have been independent commission take the Three Kingdoms (KTN). In a meeting held in December Indes Hotel Jakarta on 14 April 1949, the representatives of Indonesia, led Moh. Roem and representatives of the Netherlands who led the Van Royen, a result that the agreement signed on 7 May 1949. This agreement and then called the agreement Roem Royen (Roem Royen Statement). In this agreement the Netherlands was forced to withdraw his team from Indonesia, and restore the President and Vice President, the Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Yogyakarta. Up to the end on 27 December 1949 the Dutch formally submit to the sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia.
The implied meaning and implied Tetengger In History

To recall the history of the nation, on 29 June 1985 monument built Yogya Back (Monjali). Peletakkan first stone monument at 31.8 meters by HB IX after a traditional ceremony of planting the head of buffalo. Four years later, exactly on 6 July 1989, the building is completed. Payment inaugurated by President Suharto with the signing of the inscription.

The monument, located in the Hamlet protruding, Neighborhood Sariharjo Subdistrict Kirkliston, Kapubaten Sleman is shaped mountain, which is the omen fertility also has cultural meaning ancestors pre-history. Bangunanpun laying the cultural Yogyakarta, located on the imaginary axis connecting Merapi, Tugu, the Palace, Stage Krapyak Tritis and Parang. "Axis of macro cosmos or the axis of Life" by the Pak Gunadi on YogYES. Imaginary point in the building that stands on 5.6 hectares of land as wide can be seen on the third floor, exactly where in the establishment flag mast.

Name of Monument Yogya Back typify functioning again and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia as tetengger withdrawn history of the Dutch army pullback from the capital of Yogyakarta on the date of 29 June 1949 and the return of President Soekarno, Vice President Mohammad Hatta and petinggi other on 6 July 1949 in Yogyakarta.
Until the replica aircraft Room Hening

Entering the area around the monument, which is located three kilometers from the center of Yogyakarta, the visitors will be greeted with a replica aircraft Cureng near the eastern door and replica aircraft Guntai near the west door. THEME lectern in the west and east, visitors can see the two-wheeled machines weapons complete with their seats, down toward the court before the front foot mountain monument. In the south end of the court stood a wall which contains 420 names fighter who killed between 19 December 1948 to 29 June 1949 and the poems of Bekasi, Karawang, Chairil Anwar to his heroes who do not know the name.

The monument is surrounded by a pool (moat), which is divided by four road to the main building. Road connecting the east and west with the entrance floor, which consists of a four-room museum, which presents a collection of at least 1,000 One March, before the independence struggle until the city of Yogyakarta to become the capital of Indonesia. Students and Army uniforms sedan chair General Sudirman, which is stored neatly in there. In addition, there is also room of the Council, which is situated in the museum space I. Room-shaped circle with a diameter of about 25 meters this function as a versatile space, because the normal rent for the purposes of seminars or weddings.

Meanwhile, roads north and south connected with the stairs to the second floor on the wall outside the building around 40 graven reliefs depicting the struggle of the nations start of the 17 August 1945 to 28 December 1949. a number of historical events such as physical struggle and diplomacy since the Independence Proclamation, the President and Vice return Persiden to Yogyakarta to the establishment of People's Security envisaged in the relief. While in the building, contains 10 buildings that surround dioramas menggambarkaan design situations when the Dutch attack Maguwo on December 19, 1948 SU One of March, Roem Royen Agreement, Proklamasi warning until 17 August 1949 at the Gedung Agung Yogyakarta.

The top floor is a silent circle-shaped, equipped with a flagpole, which are red and white flag in the middle of the room, a relief image of the physical struggle on the west wall and the struggle of diplomacy on the east wall. Garbha Graha room called the work place as the heroes and pray it their struggle.

During this struggle, the nation can only be heard through the teachers in school history, or the story of a grandfather on the grandson. Monument Yogya Back to give a clearer picture of how it achieved independence. Viewing the various dioramas, relief of the graven or clothes to the collection of weapons that have been used by the freedom fighter. One place that will satisfy all keingin knowledge about travel to reach the independence of Indonesia.

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Affandi Museum, The Palace of a Maestro

Visiting Affandi Museum, located in the Road, Yogyakarta-Solo, or rather the western edge of the Elephant River Wong, provide the opportunity for you to investigate all the means of life Affandi. You can see the works during the illustrious maestro life, the work of other painters who ditampungnya, transportation dipakainya the first, which is home to a studio that is now used to build the talent to paint children.

Museum complex consists of 3 gallery with the gallery as a place where I purchase tickets and the beginning of the tour. Gallery I, which opened in private by Affandi since 1962 and inaugurated in 1974 contains a number of paintings Affandi from the beginning of work until the end of his life. Painting a generally sktesa the form of paintings and works of reproduction is placed in 2 larik top down, and stretching to meet arch-shaped room.

Still in Gallery I, you can see a number of valuables during Affandi life. At the end of the room, you can see the car Colt Gallan 1976 colored sulfur, which was modified so that resembles the form of fish, also a Male ancient-looking shine as a means of transportation. You can also see the reproduction of a statue of his self-portrait with daughter, Kartika.

Towards the Gallery II, you can see a number of paintings of the painter, both beginners and senior, who ditampungnya in the museum. The gallery was built in 1988 consists of two floors with paintings that can be viewed from different angles. The first floor contains many paintings are abstract, while the load floor, 2 realist painting with color, but have specificity.

Gallery III is the next goal is to be shaped building with a vaulted roof line formed banana leaf. Can be said, the gallery floor multifunction 3, the first floor function room as well as the location of the exhibition "Sanggar Gajah Wong" place for children to hone talent to paint, the second floor space as maintenance and repair painting, while the floor below ground as a place to store a collection of paintings .

Not far from the Gallery III, there is a tower that can be used as a place to see the sights. You can see a panorama of the museum, Gajahwong River to the bustle of the road. Alight and walk to the west of the tower, you can see the house using unique Affandi used as a place to live with his wife and children.

Houses are built with the concept of house with buffer main pillar of concrete and other wooden pole. Shingle roof of a house-shaped banana leaf and the arch-shaped building. Floor under house now used as the location of Cafe loft, where penjuualan food and drinks for the visitors, while laintai of the house is a private room Affandi.

In the left home, there is a trailer that is now functioning as Musholla. Cart is element complement one house Affandi complex that serves as a health resort Affandi wife, Maryati. Originally, the Maryati want a caravan used as a residence for the American people move. Affandi approve the concept of the building, but with the realization that more to Indonesia, the cart.

Before the home, you can stop in the eternal home of the maestro who died on May 23 1990, is among the Gallery I and II. Affandi eternal home with the adjoining houses owned by immortal the wife. Eternal home page is decorated by rimbunan tree roses.

To visit the Museum of Affandi, you only need to cost Rp 10000.00 as the entrance ticket for domestic tourists and Rp 20000.00 for foreign tourists, and an additional Rp 10000.00 as the additional costs when you want to photograph.

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