The Monumen Nasional (or Tugu Monas, the National Monument tower) is a 450 ft (137 m) tall tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under Sukarno and was not finished until 1975 under Suharto. It is topped by a 14.5 ton bronze flame, which is plated in 35 kg (1,125 troy ounces) of gold.
This golden flame is intended to symbolize the spirit of freedom and the struggle for independence of Indonesian people.[citation needed]
of steel and concrete covered with Italian white marble. On the top of the tower, there's a square terrace that can be reach by visitors by elevator. From here, visitors can see an aerial view of Jakarta. The monument is crowned by gold-coated flame, right on the top of the peak terrace.
The entrance to the monument is located at the north part of Medan Merdeka Park, near the Prince Diponegoro statue. From the entrance and underground ticket box, the visitor gets through a tunnel under stone-pavement around the monument to the central part of the park. On inner part of walls surround the monument in central part of the park, there is a series of statues and reliefs depicted the history on Indonesia that span from ancient empire of Majapahit to the history of modern Indonesia. Visitors can take an elevator up to upper platform beneath the golden flame with a view of Medan Merdeka Park, Istiqlal Mosque, and the city. At the middle part is the Cawan (Indonesian: cup) with viewing middle platform on top of it. The Cawan is a reverted pyramid structure that engulfed the base of towering obelisk shaft. Inside the Cawan there is Ruang Tenang (solemn hall) or Ruang Agung (grand hall) with black marble square walls at the center of it. The four sides of central black marble wall displaying a carved golden gate that houses the text of Indonesian Proclamation of Independence in 1945, Garuda Pancasila (Coat of Arms of Indonesia), the map of Indonesian archipelago, The flag of Indonesia, and the flags of Indonesian provinces. The golden gate is opened several times in a day displaying the text of Indonesian declaration of independence and playing the record of Soekarno's voice reading the declaration. In the lower part inside the base of the monument is an exhibition hall with several dioramas showing the history of Indonesia.
Monument design
The design of the monument is meant to combine elements of masculine and feminine. The design based on Lingga-Yoni, the symbol of fertility in ancient Hindu-Javanese belief. The phallic shaft comes toward the ground and is engulfed by square base meant to symbolize fertility. The square Cawan is the yoni (feminine) part, while the towering obelisk is the lingga (masculine) part. The monument body was made National Monument tower) is a 450 ft (137 m) tall tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under Sukarno and was not finished until 1975 under Suharto. It is topped by a 14.5 ton bronze flame, which is plated in 35 kg (1,125 troy ounces) of gold.
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This golden flame is intended to symbolize the spirit of freedom and the struggle for independence of Indonesian people.[citation needed]
of steel and concrete covered with Italian white marble. On the top of the tower, there's a square terrace that can be reach by visitors by elevator. From here, visitors can see an aerial view of Jakarta. The monument is crowned by gold-coated flame, right on the top of the peak terrace.
The entrance to the monument is located at the north part of Medan Merdeka Park, near the Prince Diponegoro statue. From the entrance and underground ticket box, the visitor gets through a tunnel under stone-pavement around the monument to the central part of the park. On inner part of walls surround the monument in central part of the park, there is a series of statues and reliefs depicted the history on Indonesia that span from ancient empire of Majapahit to the history of modern Indonesia. Visitors can take an elevator up to upper platform beneath the golden flame with a view of Medan Merdeka Park, Istiqlal Mosque, and the city. At the middle part is the Cawan (Indonesian: cup) with viewing middle platform on top of it. The Cawan is a reverted pyramid structure that engulfed the base of towering obelisk shaft. Inside the Cawan there is Ruang Tenang (solemn hall) or Ruang Agung (grand hall) with black marble square walls at the center of it. The four sides of central black marble wall displaying a carved golden gate that houses the text of Indonesian Proclamation of Independence in 1945, Garuda Pancasila (Coat of Arms of Indonesia), the map of Indonesian archipelago, The flag of Indonesia, and the flags of Indonesian provinces. The golden gate is opened several times in a day displaying the text of Indonesian declaration of independence and playing the record of Soekarno's voice reading the declaration. In the lower part inside the base of the monument is an exhibition hall with several dioramas showing the history of Indonesia.
Monument design
The design of the monument is meant to combine elements of masculine and feminine. The design based on Lingga-Yoni, the symbol of fertility in ancient Hindu-Javanese belief. The phallic shaft comes toward the ground and is engulfed by square base meant to symbolize fertility. The square Cawan is the yoni (feminine) part, while the towering obelisk is the lingga (masculine) part. The monument body was made National Monument tower) is a 450 ft (137 m) tall tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under Sukarno and was not finished until 1975 under Suharto. It is topped by a 14.5 ton bronze flame, which is plated in 35 kg (1,125 troy ounces) of gold.
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