Tugu Jogja is the landmark of yogyakarta city. This monument is located right in the middle of the intersection of Prince Street Mangkubumi, jendral Sudirman Street, Street AM Sangaji and Street Diponegoro. Tugu Jogja almost 3 centuries-old has a deep meaning and store some historical record of Yogyakarta city.
Tugu Jogja was established approximately a year after the sultan's palace stood. At its inception, this building clearly illustrates Manunggaling Kawula Gusti, the spirit of unity to the people and against the colonial rulers. The spirit of unity, or the so-called classified gilig was illustrated clearly in building the monument, pole-shaped gilig (cylinder) and the peak shape of classified (round), so-called Tugu Golong Gilig.
Specifically, Tugu Jogja buildings constructed during the early cylinder-shaped columns that pursed up. The bottom of the circular fence while the top round. Building height of the monument was originally reached 25 meters.
Everything changed on June 10, 1867. The earthquake that struck Yogyakarta when the monument was made of the building collapsed. In a sense this fall when the monument is a state of transition, before the meaning of unity really not reflected in the monument building.
Things really changed in the year 1889, when the Dutch government to renovate the building monument. Monument is made with a square with each side decorated with an inscription which indicates a kind of who was involved in the renovation. The top of the monument is no longer round, but the pointy cone-shaped. Building height will be lower, too, just as high as 15 meters or 10 meters lower than the original building. Since then, the monument is referred to as De Witt Paal or monument the White Pal.
Reforms of the building is actually a Dutch tactics to erode the unity between the people and the king. However, seeing the struggle of the people and the king held in Yogyakarta later, we know that the effort was not successful.
If you want to look at the Tugu Jogja as much as he recalled his philosophical meaning, is a bench overlooking the monument at the corner of Jl. Prince Mangkubumi. 05.00 - 06.00 morning is the right time, when the air was fresh and had lots of motor vehicles passing by. Occasionally you may be greeted with a friendly smile newspaper deliveryman who want to work a daily circulation of People's Sovereignty.
Pm to midnight, there are sellers gudeg (Yogyakarta cuisine) at the corner of Jl. Diponegoro. Gudeg known good here and the price reasonable. You can eat in lesehan while enjoying the view of the Tugu Jogja was bathed in the light.
Tugu Jogja so identical with the city of Yogyakarta, a lot of students to express her excitement nomads after graduating from the university declared a hug or kiss Tugu Jogja. Perhaps it was also as an expression of affection to the city of Yogyakarta which will soon be left behind, and promise that one day he would visit this beloved city again
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