Tugu Jogja

Tugu Jogja Is Icons of the most famous city of Yogyakarta. The building is located right in the middle of the intersection PangeranMangkubumi Road, Street General Sudirman, Street AM Sangaji and Street Diponegoro.
Monument Jogja is almost three centuries old is saving some of the historical record of Yogyakarta.
Jogja monument was built approximately one year after the sultan's palace stood. In detail,the building Jogja monument, built at the beginning of a conical cylinder-shaped pillarupward. The bottom of the form of a circular fence and the top round. Monument buildingheights in the first 25 meters.
Everything changed on June 10, 1867, because of the earthquake that shook Yogyakarta.When this pillar collapses, is a state of transition, before the meaning of unity is really notreflected in the monument building.
The situation changed in 1889, when the Dutch government renovated the monumentbuilding. The monument is made with a square shape with each side decorated with a kind of inscription that indicates who was involved in the renovation. The top of themonument is no longer round, but the pointy cone-shaped. The height of buildings also belower, just as high as 15 meters. Since then, this monument is also known as "De WittPaal" or Monument White Pal.
Overhaul of the building was actually a tactic to erode the unity between Dutch people and the king. However, seeing the struggle of the people and the king held in Yogyakarta later, we know that the efforts were unsuccessful.
Because identical monument with Yogyakarta Yogyakarta, made a lot of students nomadsexpressed his excitement after being graduated from college with a hug or kiss MonumentJogja. Maybe it also as an expression of affection for the city of Yogyakarta which will soon be left behind, as well as a pledge that one day he would visit this beloved city anymore.