SEVEN FAMOUS TOWER IN INDONESIA

Hello everyone. I am an Indonesian Blogger.
Now i want to give you something cool about my exotic country,Indonesia.

Tower could become an object of the building to decorate a city and can also be used as a symbol of the city. In the world, we know pisa tower, Eiffel Tower, and the world's tallest tower in Dubai such as Al Buruj. But do you know about the towers that exist in Indonesia?
Not so much a big tower in Indonesia as I know, but there are a few towers that I am most familiar in Indonesia. Assessment is not based on the high tower, but based on the famous and historic towers.

Here are seven famous tower in Indonesia:

1. Tugu Monas
National Monument (Monas) is an icon of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. The tower was inaugurated on August 17, 1961, located in Monument Square, Central Jakarta. Monument has a height of 132 meters. Monas very unique building form yoni phallus-shaped symbol of fertility with the spire there is cup-shaped supporting bronze torches weighing up to 14.5 tons and 35 kg of gold coated. Flame or torch is a symbol of the struggle of the people of Indonesia who want to achieve independence. This building adds to the vibrant city of Jakarta and is always crowded with tourists. Visitors can ride to the top floor using the elevator Monas. From the top you can see almost all corners of Jakarta.


2. Tower TVRI
TVRI tower located in Senayan, Jakarta. TVRI building as the Center's first TV station in Indonesia was completed in 1962 before the Asian Games in 1962. TVRI transmitter tower shaped tower building and no elevator to get to the top. I do not know exactly how high the tower TVRI, probably about 100 m. TVRI tower has become one of the interesting sights in between existing buildings in Jakarta. TVRI tower is also a means for the trial's first digital television transmitter in Indonesia with DVB-T & DVB-H are mounted at a height of about 100 feet in the tower TVRI Senayan.



3. Kumala Island Sky Tower
Borneo also has an attractive tower, Sky Tower is the tower. The tower is very unique because it is located on a small island in the middle of the Mahakam river, namely Pulau Kumala in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan. The tower has a height of 100 meters. The visitors can see the city Tenggarong of the disc on top of Sky Tower (the tower rotates). The dish can be moved up and down and rotates 360 degrees. To get to the island can Kumala through two alternative, namely a cable car ride or boat ride.






4. Mandala Monument
Mandala Monument is located in Jalan Raya Makassar General Sudirman. Built in 1994 as a memorial Mandala operations liberation of West Irian Jaya from the hands of the Dutch colonizers. Inside are dioramas that tell the liberation process. Mandala Monument has a height of 75 meters is divided into four floors. Each floor contains the symbols of struggle for the liberation of West Irian and the struggle of the people of South Sulawesi, including the era of National Hero, Sultan Hasanuddin.

5. Tugu Pahlawan
Tugu Surabaya City of Heroes is an icon. Heroes monument built to commemorate the events of the Battle of 10 November 1945 in Surabaya, where arek-arek Suroboyo fought against the Allied forces who came with the Netherlands. Monument that has a height of 45 meters was inaugurated on 10 November 1952. This building was in ruins center youth movement (PTKR = People's Police Security Army leaders and N. Suharyo Hasanudin Pasopati Kecik). Previously it had also been a building Raad van Justitie (the courthouse) at the time Nederlands Indië, and at times became the headquarters of Nippon Kenpeitai. Tugu Pahlawan has 10 arches on the body that represents the 10th. Medium 11 pieces on it conveys to the 11th month (November).

6. "Jam Gadang" Tower
Hours "large sieve", or "at large" is a landmark town of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra. Clock Tower building the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1926. Ground-plan (footprint of buildings overlooking the following steps towards the Upper Market) from the Clock Tower is 13x4 meters, 26 meters height.
This clock tower has undergone several changes in shape at the peak. At first peak of this clock tower is round and on it stands a statue of a rooster. When you sign colonize Indonesia, the Japanese occupation government changed it into the top of pagoda-shaped. At the time of independence, the shape is changed again into ornaments traditional Minangkabau house. Upstairs there is a machine clock tower manual created specifically by Recklinghausen. The man is said that Germany was only created two machines that size. Twin is now installed in the Tower Big Ben, London, England. Another uniqueness, contour the ground around the clock nor gadang tiered ramps, thus passing the Clock Tower building looks slanted like the Tower of Pisa.

And this is my favorite tower. because this tower is near to my village. :D

7. Equatorial Monument
There is a monument in the monument. That's the Equator monument. Equator Monument Pontianak City is an icon that has a height of 15.25 meters from the ground. Equator Monument Equator Monument or on the Equator Road, North Pontianak, West Kalimantan Province. Equator monument that looks now made year 1990, by making the dome to protect the original monument in it that was created in 1928. So building the monument was created in 1990 was building a magnitude of 5 x copies of original monument and serves to protect the original monument. Equator monument is located on the equator that divides the Earth into two parts, North and South. At the time of the culmination of the sun, when the sun was right on the equator the shadow of the monument and the shadows of people and objects around the monument will disappear a few seconds when exposed to sunlight. Sun culmination of events that occur twice a year, ie between 21-23 March and 21 to 23 September.

In addition to these towers surely there are still some monument or tower in Indonesia. Expected regions in Indonesia also build the highest towers as the iconic region and as one tourist destination certainly can increase the area of ??opinion. Maybe some time in Indonesia will be built the tallest tower in the world. Fingers crossed.

Thansk for read and Keep spirit. :D