Traveling Blog by Aden: Monument of Proclamation

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Monument of Proclamation


If you are visit Jakarta I suggested you to visit Monument of Proclamation or in Indonesian language called as ‘Tugu Proklamasi’. This monument was built as commemoration to Indonesia Independence Day. Statue in the right side with rimless cap was Mr. Sukarno, the first President of the Republic of Indonesia and in the left side was Mr. Mohammad Hatta the First Vice President, where at 10am on August 17 1945, they proclaimed independence for Indonesia.

The second President of Indonesia, General Soeharto erected the monument here in 1980 and in 2001 a permanent open-air exhibition was opened covering the life and times of Soekarno. This monument is in Proklamasi road Central of Jakarta.
photo by MZ Gani

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous25/6/07 12:15

    I will keep this in mind when I visit Indonesia, hopefully within the year :)

    Thanks for sharing your photo ;)

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