Presidential Palace of Yogyakarta

Presidential Palace of Yogyakarta is located at the southern end of Jalan Akhmad Yani (formerly the street Malioboro); Village Ngupasan, Gondomanan District, Municipality of Yogyakarta. The complex was built on an area of ​​43,585 square meters, since the founding of the Palace of Yogyakarta has not changed much. In the courtyard the front porch seemed a giant statue doorman (dwarapala) as high as two meters. In addition, there is a monument Dagoba (which by the people of Yogyakarta called Tugu Lilin) ​​as high as three and a half meters, which fire always apparent at the summit. This monument was made of andesite stone. Palace backyard overgrown by large trees and high dedaunannnya very dense and shady so it looks as if merindangi palace buildings. Presidential Palace of Yogyakarta is also known as the Great House or State Building, one of the main palace building functions, namely as a place of great reception guests.



Home History Of Presidential Palace Presidential Palace of Yogyakarta originated from the official residence of the Resident to-18 in Yogyakarta (1823-1825). He was a Dutchman named Anthonie Hendriks Smissaert, which also is the initiator of the construction of this Great House. This building was established in May 1824 by A. Payen the architect appointed by the governor general of Dutch East Indies. This building was delayed due to the outbreak of the Diponegoro War (1825 - 1830) and continued after the war was over (1832). Some of the Dutch governor who inhabit the building is JE Jesper (1926 - 1927); P.R.W. van Gesseler Verschuur (1929 - 1932); H.M. de Kock (1932 - 1935); J. Bijlevel (1935 - 1940); and L. Adam (1940-1942). During the Japanese occupation, the palace became the official residence of the ruler of Japan in Yogyakarta, namely Koochi Zimmukyoku Tyookan.



Parent Gdung R. Garuda On January 6, 1946 Yogyakarta, officially became the new capital of the Republic of Indonesia after the government of the Republic of Indonesia emigrated from Jakarta to Yogyakarta. Since that time the Great House turned into the Presidential Palace, residence of President Sukarno, President of First Republic and his family.

On December 28, 1949, the President moved to Jakarta, so that the palace is no longer a place of residence of the President. After the independence of Indonesia, precisely in the second term of office Presiden RI, from April 17, 1988, the Presidential Palace in Yogyakarta / Great House is also used for the implementation of Twilight Parade Ceremony at each 17, in addition to event-taruna Perkenalan Taruna New Air Academy, and Farewell event at the same time the officer New Young graduated with the Governor and the people of Yogyakarta Special Region. Even since August 17, 1991, the Presidential Palace of Yogyakarta was formally used as a place to commemorate Independence Seconds to Yogyakarta.

Cipanas Palace

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Cipanas Presidential Palace is located in the village of Cipanas, Pacet District, Cianjur regency, the foot of Mount Gede, West Java from a bantunan which was founded in 1740 by a Dutch landowner named Van Heots, at an altitude of 1,100 meters above sea level, on the area more approximately 26 acres with a building area of ​​about 7760 square meters. In 1916, the Dutch East Indies government in the wake of three buildings with the name of Yudhisthira Pavilion, Pavilion Pavilion Bima and Arjuna. In 1954, during the first Indonesian President Ir. Sukarno, established a building stone berhiasan bertentuk bumps.

The palace was built with state of the beautiful natural scenery, clean air, cool with a background of Mount Gede. In forest areas the palace, until 2001, according to the alphabetically arranged Catalog published cooperation LIPI Presidential Palace, there were 1334 specimens, 171 species, 132 genera and 61 tribes. Besides the beautiful surroundings of this palace is also fed hot water. as a resting place and stopover of President and Vice President and their families, the heads of neighboring countries to visit Indonesia. In 1971, Queen Juliana took the time to stop.

Building bumps


istcpnsbentol.jpgGedung bumps located behind the Main Building located on the slopes, then this building stands taller than the existing buildings, is a product of two architects of the nation,


RM.Soedarsono and F. Silaban. Around very quiet, silent and deserted, the atmosphere is that of President Sukarno, was used to prepare various plans and strategies to bring this nation that dikorbarkannya the state address, on each anniversary of the proclamation.

Hot water bathing President

istcpns2.jpgDi the back of the Main Building, there are Many diagnostic building, but the most besarperanannya against the existence of the Presidential Palace




Cipanas is a source of hot water that contains minerals. Maslahatnya for freshness and fitness exercise is a natural dross, therefore, to accommodate the overflow of water from natural sources such established two bathhouse buildings, namely building devoted to a bath of President and Vice President and their families, and one larger allotment accompanying entourage President and Vice President.