Thursday, September 20, 2012

Monas


Monas or National Monument is an icon of Jakarta. Located in downtown Jakarta, a tourist and educational center that appeals to  people in Jakarta and surrounding areas. Monument was established in 1959 and  opened two years later in 1961.
 

Monas is always crowded by tourists to see the beauty of the city from the top of the monument,  adding insight into the history of Indonesia in the living room or enjoy the fresh forest diorama city area of ​​approximately 80 acres in downtown Jakarta.

Monas was built in August 1959. The entire building was designed by the architects Monas Indonesia, Soedarsono, Frederich Silaban and Ir. Rooseno. On August 17, 1961, the monument was inaugurated by President Soekarno. And opened to the public since July 12, 1975.

While the urban forest park areas around Monas Field formerly known as Gambir. Then had changed its name several times to Field Ikada, Merdeka Square, National Monument Square and later became Monas Park.

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