Monday, July 21, 2014

Tugu - Symbol and Landmark Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta, who does not know ?
Now, Yogyakarta is world travel destination. As tourist town, Yogyakarta has a special characteristic like France with Eiffel's tower and USA with Liberty's statue
That is Tugu Yogyakarta


Tugu is symbol of the struggle Yogyakarta's people and government against the invaders. As symbol of the unity between people and government, Tugu as a silent witness Yogyakarta's history. And now, Tugu or local people called Tugu Pal Putih is the most famous attraction and symbol or landmark Yogyakarta.


The king of Yogyakarta at the time, Hamengkubuwono I is a founder this monument. It has a height of about 15 meters with a pointy cone-shaped peak and the whole body is white.
Tugu Yogyakarta is located at the intersection Jenderal Sudirman street, Pangeran Mangkubumi street, A.M Sangaji street and Diponegoro street.



This monument is very nice to be in photo memories or just take walk for look and interpret the philosophy. For visit, at 05.00-06.00am very nice because the air is still fresh or in the night, with additional light vehicle add to beauty glittering this monument.

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