Monas Monumen Nasional Jakarta Indonesia National Monument

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Monas Jakarta or Monumen Nasional Jakarta Indonesia or National Monument is the pride of the Indonesian nation, built on August 17, 1961 to honor and perpetuate the greatness of Indonesian struggle known as the Revolution August 17, 1945. The monument was completed in 1967 and spent approximately 7 billion dollars, the monument was opened on June 12, 1975 by Jakarta Governor Ali Sadikin. Monas reaches a height of 132 meters.

The design and layout is very attractive allowing visitors to enjoy the beautiful scenery and dazzling cool, a park where there are trees of various provinces in Indonesia. Fountain located at the entrance to make the park a cooler, coupled with the swaying charm of the fountain. Near the entrance to the court also looked magnificent monument stands a statue of Prince Diponegoro who are riding horses, statues made ​​of bronze weighing 8 tons is done by Italian sculptor, Prof. Coberlato as consulate general donation Honeres Dr. Mario in Indonesia.

Shape towering Monas containing philosophy "Linga and Yoni" is an "Alu" as the "phallus" and the shape of the container (cup) in the form of space resembles a "Mortar" as "Yoni". Pestle and lumping are two important tools which every family in Indonesia, particularly rural people. Linga and Yoni is the ancient symbol of eternal life is that illustrate positive elements (phallus) and negative elements (Yoni) such as the day and night, male and female, good and bad, is the eternity of the world. Space history located 3 meters below the surface of the monument that page size is 80 x 90 meters, covered with stone walls and marble floors, indoors visitors are presented with a demonstration sijendela (diaroma) that perpetuate the history of the life of the Indonesian nation, which maintains independence until the time of order The new.

The independence that shaped ampitheater, which is contained in the cup, and also there are 4 attributes which includes maps of islands, the state symbol of national unity. Gate door contains the text of the proclamation. In this space we can also listen to voice recordings Bung Karno while reading the text of the proclamation.

Parts of the Monas National Monument

1. Parks. Monument in the park there are many trees and extensive field. There are Raflesia Arnoldi flower sculpture that is almost similar to the original.
2. Road/Lorong Underground. After we passed the large gardens, we walked through the door a long underground passage that connects directly to the historical museum space.
3. History Museum Room. Space history museum located three meters below the surface of the monument has a page size of 80 x 80 meters. The walls in the room as well as the story boat and even then everything is covered in marble. In this room visitors are presented with a demonstration window (dioramas) that perpetuate the history of the life of the ancestors of Indonesia, the struggle for the independence and sovereignty of Indonesia until the era of development in the new order.
4. Independence Room. Space independence amphithea shaped monument located in the cup, there are four attributes include a map of the islands of the state independence of the Republic of Indonesia, the state symbol of national unity, and the gate door that contains a copy of the proclamation of independence. In this runag Similarly, visitors can also hear the voice recording Bung Karno when reading the text of the proclamation.
5. Court of Peak. In the court of the top of the monument which is located at an altitude of 115 meters from the monument has a page size of 11 x 11 meters, visitors can reach the court by using a single elevator with a capacity of 11 people. At the top court that can accommodate about 50 people were also provided 4 binoculars in every corner, where visitors can see the view of the city from a height of 132 meters from Monas page.
6. Tongues of Fire Independence. Flames made ​​of bronze with a height of 14.5 tons of 14 meters and a diameter of 6 meters, consists of 17 sections joined together. The whole flame coated gold plate weighing 35 kgs, and then on the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia gold lining flames increased to 50 kgs.

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