Sunday, December 14, 2008

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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