On Yogyakarta
northern ring road, Yogya Kembali Monument. The 31 meters high monument,
symbolizing a mountain of heaven, lies on an axis
running from the Sultan's Palace to the north through the Tugu monument at the end of
Jalan Malioboro, ending at the top of Merapi volcano.
This monument has three floors. The first floor consist of a museum, a library, an
auditorium, and a cafeteria. On the second floor there are ten dioramas
depicting the high light of Yogyakarta's struggle to re-occupy the capital of Republic
Indonesia from the Dutch from December 1948 until July 1949. On the balustrade,
there are forty reliefs depicting the history of the Indonesian struggle. |
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