jakarta palace

Jakarta Presidential Palace Complex is located on Jl. Merdeka Utara, adjacent to the Park National Monument (Monas) in the heart of the nation's capital, on a land area of ​​6.8 hectares, at an altitude of about 5 meters above sea level.

Presidential Palace in Jakarta consists of two palace buildings, the Merdeka Palace overlooking the monument, and the State Palace, overlooking the River Ciliwung, Jl. Veterans, other than that there are also other buildings within the Palace of Jakarta, the Office of the President, Government House, Baiturrahim Mosque, and the Presidential Palace Museum and the page is overgrown by large and old trees, the leafy shade and roots dangle, and thanks to the grass that extend like green rugs, Palace Jakarta looks shady and beautiful.

Presidential Palace in Jakarta function more focused on the president's official activities, as well as the office of President of the Republic of Indonesia as well as central government activities and events venues that are state, pelatikan high state officials, the inauguration of a young military officer, receiving state guests, submission of credentials ambassadors of friendly countries, the opening of deliberations and national working meetings, the opening of national and international congresses, and as a place to commemorate Detik-Detik Proclamation on every August 17.

State Palace.

The palace was a lot of recorded events, including: General de Kock describes his plan to suppress the rebellion of Prince Diponegoro and formulate its strategy in the face of Tuanku Imam Bonjol to the Governor-General Baron van der Capellen, and Governor-General Johannes van den Bosch set forced cultivation system (cultuurstelsel).

After the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, on March 25, 1947, in this building also occur Linggarjati signing of the Agreement, the Indonesian side was represented by the Sultan Sjahrir and the Netherlands by Dr. Van Mook.

Merdeka Palace

Merdeka Palace was built in 1879, is widely noted istanan extraordinary events in the life of the Indonesian government so that the palace is more privileged in the hearts of the people of Indonesia. One of them is the history of the name of the palace itself, a name that uses the word independent. The word Freedom is not dead or empty meaning, the word freedom like the embers of hope to sign the release of the shackles of colonialism in Indonesia while the earth became a sovereign nation.

On December 27, 1949, at the Merdeka Palace events concerning recognition of sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia States by the Kingdom of the Netherlands through a series of official ceremonies are held in the same time, both in the Netherlands (Amsterdam at 10.00 local time) and in Indonesia (Jakarta and Yogyakarta time at 16.00 local time). On that day in various places and over the country, hundreds of thousands of planes waiting for radio broadcasts from Jakarta who brought incredible news. Immediately sounded the signing ceremony and news about the recognition of manuscript submission United States of Indonesia's sovereignty.

With the same time the flag flying in front of Merdeka Palace as a substitute for the Dutch flag, Indonesia Raya berkumandan songs, and cries of "Freedom, freedom, independence", which echoed throughout the country, that's why the palace named the Palace of Independence.

Warning Proclamation of Indonesian Independence Day was first held in 1950 on August 17 at Merdeka Palace.