Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts
Soesilo Soedarman Museum
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Soesilo
Soedarman Museum is located at the Village of Gentasari, Distric of Cilacap, in
Central Java Province, Indonesia. Soesilo Soedarman Museum was inaugurated in the
year of 2000 in honor of the late General Soesilo Soedarman (1928 – 1997), a
prominent Indonesian military leader and one of the Indonesia’s distinguished
citizens. Soesilo Soedarman graduated with honor from the Yogyakarta Military
Academy Class of 1948, and was swearing in as a Second Lieutenant by
Ir.Soekarno, the Indonesian first President, on November 28, 1948. He served in
the Indonesian Cavalry Corps.
During
his 40 year of military career (1945-1985), he served distinctly as a field
commander, an Operation Officer, a Staff Officer, served in various Military
Schools, as the Defense Attache in Washington-USA, as a General Staff at the
Indonesian Armed Forces Headquarter, and as a Commander of the Sumatera and
West Kalimantan Defense Regional Command (1981 – 1985). He saw military
campaigns in West Java, West Sumatera and South Sulawesi. He also received
military trainings in the Netherland, at the United States of America and at
the Soviet Union. Since 1986 until 1997, he assumed public position as the
Indonesian Ambassador to the United States of America (1986-1988), as the
Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunication (1988-1993) and as the
Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs (1993-1997).
General
Soesilo Soedarman died on December 18, 1997. He was buried at the Kalibata Hero
Cemetery in Jakarta with full military honor. He survived with his wife,
Widaningsri, and five children. Indonesia went into 3-days National Mourning
and the flag was lowered into a half-staff. For his 52 years of serving the
Nation, Soesilo Soedarman received 25 medals of Honor coming from The Government
of Indonesia, the USA, The Netherland and from The Kingdom of Austria.
The
Museum exhibits memorabilias, articles and photos of Soesilo Soedarman during
his life as an Indonesian Military Officer, during his public service roles and
his role in the communities, among others, as Vice Chairman of the Indonesian
National Sport Committee (KONI), as Member of The Board of Trustees at the
University of Lampung, at the University of General Soedirman in Purwokerto and
at the University of March 11, in Surakarta. He was also chaired the Ki Hadjar
Dewantara Foundation, The Seruan Eling Banyumas (SERULINGMAS) Foundation and
was The Chairman of the Indonesian Armed Forces Retirees Organization
(PEPABRI).
(all pic taken from kaskus.com)
Surakarta Vastenburg Fort
Friday, October 12, 2012
Vastenburg fort is one of the former Dutch
which is located in the Gladak, Surakarta Indonesia. The fort was built in 1745
by order of the Governor General Baron Van Imhoff. As part of the supervision
of the Dutch against the rulers of Surakarta, the fort was built, as well as
the central garrison. Situated opposite the residence of the governor of the
Netherlands (now the City Hall offices Surakarta) Gladak region.
The form of this fort walls are
protrusions called seleka space (bastion). Around the walls of the fort are the
moat that serves as a protection to the bridge at the front and rear doors. The
building consists of several separate barracks with their respective functions
within the military. In the center of the fort there is open land to prepare
troops for apples flag.
After independence, the fort was used
as a military headquarters to maintain independence. During the 1970-1980's the
building was used as a military training center of Indonesian National Army. In
the context of urban morphology, the castle played an important role to the
link of Solo-Semarang city. The city of Solo in XVIII-XIX period, as the center
of trade and marked the development of the colonial city. Interestingly, these
developments are created in shades of traditionalistic power Surakarta Kingdom.
In that place, the strength of the
Dutch troops were concentrated. There is also a sort of underground bunker
large enough below the castle. The bunker was used to jail the prisoners.
Dieng Temple
Dieng
temple is a collection of temples located in the foothills of Dieng, Wonosobo,
Central Java, Indonesia. This Hindu Shiva temples were built between the late
estimated the 8th century until the beginning of the 9th century. It is believed
to be the oldest temple in Java. Until now there has been found written
information about the history of Dieng Temple, but experts estimate that these
temples were built by the kings of Sanjaya dynasty.
In
Dieng was discovered a stone inscription dated 808 AD, which is the oldest
inscription written in ancient Javanese, who are still extant today. A statue
of Shiva were found in the area is now kept in the National Museum in Jakarta.
Dieng Temple was probably built in two phases. The first stage took place
between the end of the 7th century until the first quarter of the 8th century,
includes the construction of temple Arjuna, Semar Temple, Temple and Temple
Gatutkaca Heroine. The second phase is a continuation of the first phase, which
lasted till about the year 780 AD.
Dieng
Temple was first discovered back in 1814. When it was a British soldier who was
traveled to the area to see a bunch Dieng temple submerged in a puddle lake. In
1956, Van Kinsbergen led the drying lake where the temples were located.
Cleanup efforts continued by the Dutch government in 1864, followed by
recording and taking pictures by Van Kinsbergen.
The
temples is divided into 3 groups and 1 individual temple named after a
character in the puppet story from the Mahabharata. The third group is the
group of Arjuna temple, Gatutkaca Group, Dwarawati groups and one individual
temple is Bima tample.
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