Tugu Jogja is the most famous landmarks in the city of Yogyakarta. This monument is located right in the middle of Mangkubumi street, Jendral Sudirman street, AM Sangaji street and Diponegoro street. Tugu Jogja nearly 3 centuries-old have deep meaning as well save some recording history of Yogyakarta.
Tugu Jogja is expected to set up a year after jogja palace built. Tugu Jogja describe "manunggaling Kawula lan Gusti". Tugu Jogja was founded by the people as offerings to the king's gratitude. The spirit of unity, or so-called golong gilig was clearly illustrated in building the monument, its pillar-shaped gilig (cylinder) and a peak-shaped golong (round), so-called Monument golong-gilig.
In detail, the building was built at the beginning of Tugu Jogja cylindrical cone-shaped pile up. The bottom is a circular fence that while the peak is round. Height of building the monument was originally reached 25 meters.
Everything changed on 10 June 1867. The earthquake that rocked Yogyakarta makes the building collapsed pillar. That said, when the monument is a transition state collapses, before the meaning of unity is really not reflected in building the monument.
The situation really changed in 1889 when the Dutch renovated the monument. The monument is made with a square shape which does not symbolize a sense of unity. On each side adorned with inscriptions showing anyone involved in the renovation. The height of the monument isn't 25 meters, but only 15 meters. Actually this is a tactic from Dutch to scrape people's sense of unity jogja. But all this still did not work.
In the afternoon is the perfect time to enjoy the beauty of the monument. around the monument there gudheg sellers who are ready to give a special menu to its visitors. romance atmosphere around the monument reminds us of the struggle of the people jogja in ancient times.
reference : here
photos: here and here
Tugu Jogja is expected to set up a year after jogja palace built. Tugu Jogja describe "manunggaling Kawula lan Gusti". Tugu Jogja was founded by the people as offerings to the king's gratitude. The spirit of unity, or so-called golong gilig was clearly illustrated in building the monument, its pillar-shaped gilig (cylinder) and a peak-shaped golong (round), so-called Monument golong-gilig.
In detail, the building was built at the beginning of Tugu Jogja cylindrical cone-shaped pile up. The bottom is a circular fence that while the peak is round. Height of building the monument was originally reached 25 meters.
Everything changed on 10 June 1867. The earthquake that rocked Yogyakarta makes the building collapsed pillar. That said, when the monument is a transition state collapses, before the meaning of unity is really not reflected in building the monument.
The situation really changed in 1889 when the Dutch renovated the monument. The monument is made with a square shape which does not symbolize a sense of unity. On each side adorned with inscriptions showing anyone involved in the renovation. The height of the monument isn't 25 meters, but only 15 meters. Actually this is a tactic from Dutch to scrape people's sense of unity jogja. But all this still did not work.
In the afternoon is the perfect time to enjoy the beauty of the monument. around the monument there gudheg sellers who are ready to give a special menu to its visitors. romance atmosphere around the monument reminds us of the struggle of the people jogja in ancient times.
reference : here
photos: here and here
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