Places To Visit Interesting Information About the National Monument or Monas in Jakarta

Interesting Information About the National Monument, or Monas in Jakarta Places

To fill the holidays sometimes we do not need to go too far. Enough traveled to areas that are around us. Yes, our country Indonesia does have many tourist spots are very nice to visit. This time ecilacap

sharing Interesting Information About the National Monument, or Monas Places in Jakarta.

National Monument profile

To commemorate the heroes who struggle against colonial Dutch East Indies in an attempt to win independence is the building of the National Monument or often called the monument stands.

High Monas is 132 meters or 433 feet. When the government of the first president of Indonesia, Ir. Sukarno, began the process of construction of monument. Monas was built on August 17, 1961, hereinafter monument was opened to the public from July 12, 1975. The location is right in the middle of the monument establishment Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta.

Trips to National Monument

We can travel to the monument every day (except the last Monday of each month) starting at 8:00 to 15:00 or at 8 am to 3 pm. On the last Monday of every month is closed to the public. When traveling to the monument, we can see some interesting attractions there, including:

Relief Arising Indonesian History

Embossed relief is in the outer courtyard that surrounds the monument. This relief depicting the history of Indonesia. Bas-reliefs showing the history of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada Majapahit history, if we want to understand the course of history in this relief, we can start from the northeast corner. From the northeast corner of this we can find the history of the archipelago during the first heyday. At the initial relief depicts the glory of Singasari and Majapahit kingdom. If it continues to be traced, then we follow the flow of this relief clockwise.

Indonesian National History Museum

If reliefs history of Indonesia is in the yard, then pull the object this time was in a depth of 3 meters underground. Precisely at the base of the monument. Although located in the ground, indoor museum is quite large, with a size of 80 x 80 meters. About 500 visitors can be accommodated into the museum. This museum space covered with marble. On the fourth side of the monument there are 48 dioramas showing the history of Indonesia. While in the middle of the room there are 3 diorama. Diorama in the Museum's total amounted to 51 diorama. If we want down the history of Indonesia through this diorama, we can start from the northeast corner, then we can move viewed clockwise.

Independence space

We can find a state symbol and symbol of independence of the Republic of Indonesia in this room. In this room there are original manuscripts of the proclamation of independence of Indonesia, Indonesia's national symbol, a map of the islands of Indonesia gilded, red and white flag and a wall where there is a manuscript proclamation

Courtyard Peak and Independence Fire

Monas top court is located at an altitude of 115 meters. From here we can enjoy a panoramic view of the city. This courtyard can accommodate approximately 50 people. In the courtyard there are binoculars to see the city more closely. Sunny weather is not foggy, in the south we can see Mount Salak located in the district of Bogor. To reach the court, we rode the elevator measuring 11 x 11 meters with a capacity of 11 people for a ride down.