10-historical-Relics-in-Bandung-West Java-Indonesia

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10-historical-Relics-in-Bandung-West Java-Indonesia

1. The Cave of Hawu Pasirjambu

Hawu cave is located in Sangadipati Kertamanah tomb complex . This area is often also called pasarean Cikabuyutan Pasir Jambu. It is in Ciwidey, Bandung regency. At this place the five ancestor (ancestors) Sundanese buried . On one section at this location, there are cave Hawu wich often believed as a barometer of success or failure of one's future.

2. Huluwotan Citarum

Citarum Huluwotan region since the first was believed to be one of the locations that are considered to have spiritual powers. It is not surprising, for most people this location became one of the destinations most sought after by the pilgrims, because in addition to the tomb is considered sacred, namely Rangga Wulung Sari shrine grave and Dipati Ukur, also there are springs that are considered as Cikahuripan (the water of life). Both of tomb is located quite far apart, but it does not take long. Their arrival to the tombs, motivated for a variety of needs.

Flashback - Bandung City, Getting ready for the Asian-African Conference - the 60th.

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Flashback - Bandung, Getting ready for the Asian-African Conference the 60th.

Asia Africa echoed from Bandung.
On Monday, April 18th, 1955, since the dawn has looked activity in Bandung, for the opening of the conference. From 07.00 am both edges along Jalan Asia Afrika from start next Preanger up with the post office crowded by people who want to welcome and watch the guests from various countries. Meanwhile, the security personnel consisting of soldiers and police have been prepared on the premises of their duty to maintain security. 

Around 08.30 pm, the delegates from various countries walked out of Hotel Homann and Preanger towards  Gedung Merdeka in groups to attend the opening of the Asian-African Conference. Many of them wear the national dress of each diverse hues. They were warmly welcomed by the people who lined up along Jalan Asia Afrika with applause and cheers chirpy. Travelling the delegates from Homann and Preanger was then known as the "Historic Step" (The Bandung Walks). Approximately 09.00 am, all the delegates into the Merdeka Building.

Not long after the entourage of President and Vice-President of Indonesia, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, arrived in front of Gedung Merdeka and welcomed by people with cheers and squeals "independent". In front of the gate of the second Merdeka Building Indonesian government leaders were greeted by five prime ministers of state sponsors.

Pakuan Building for Traveler

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Pakuan currently the official residence used as the official residence of the Governor of West Java Province. This building is located at Jl. Otto Iskandar Dinata No. 1, Bandung.
In the Dutch colonial era, this house is the official residence of the Resident Priangan.Pakuan established in connection with the Governor General CH.F.Pahud orders of removal Capital residency Priangan from Cianjur to Bandung. but the transfer of the new Capital kresidenan can be implemented by Raden van der Moore in 1864, after the eruption of Mount Gede and destroy Cianjur. 

was built in 1864 to be completed in 1867. During construction Pakuan (1864-1867), has deployed a number of members of the Dutch Militair Genie, who is assisted by RA Wiranatakusumah known as Dalem Bintang.
RA Wiranatakusumah is the 8th generation Bandung Regent who ruled between the years 1846-1874. He mobilized residents from Babakan Bogor (now Kebun Kawung) and Balubur Hilir which is now located in front of the official residence Siliwangi military commander in Bandung.

The National Geological Museum

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The museum is located at Jl. Diponegoro No. 57 was founded on May 16, 1928. this museum was renovated with funds from JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and was officially reopened by the first vice-president Megawati Sukarnoputri on August 23, 2000. as a historic monument, the museum store and manage an abundance of geological materials, such as fossils, rocks, minerals, gathered during fieldwork in Indonesia since 1850 .

  
Geology Museum initially serves as a research tool but also function as a means of education, provision of various information about earth science, and tourism objects. The shift function of the museum is in tune with the technological advances made ​​geological museum as:

- Place outside of school education relating to the earth and its preservation efforts. 

- Where people do the initial assessment before the research field, where the Museum of Geology at the center of earth information that describes the state of the earth's geology Indonesia in the form of a collection of props.

Museum Sribaduga for Traveler

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Sribaduga Museum which is located on Jl. BKR No. 185 is storing objects of nature (natural materials) which until 2005 has gathered a collection of some 893 pieces of 10 types of classification. 

In this museum there are three floors that help you navigate the history and culture of West Java. Displayed on the floor of the natural resources, including Plora and fauna, various types of rocks and minerals, Pleistocene map that reveals the history of Indonesian plains, fossils, models in the form of geological events also illustrated the formation of lake Bandung around 6000 years ago due to his clogged Citarum river used for eruption of Mount Tangkuban Perahu. 
Also arranged various outcomes of human culture from prehistoric and so on, in the form of statues and inscriptions. 

The second floor displays tradisoanal community profile Sunda and culture results, such as the settlement of Sunda, Sundanese architecture, Ceremony (religious), household equipment, knowledge and language, people's struggle against colonialism in West Java was also visualized through photographs and historical paintings. 

The third floor, in the atmosphere of the room show the arrangement commonly found in a house (living room, bedroom, dining and kitchen). It also displayed various types of art equipment such as the flute, harp, gamelan, the art of puppet (wayang beber, puppet and skin). Traditional tools of technology also complements the arrangement with carpentry workshop diaroma gold, bronze, pottery.

Gedung Merdeka For Traveler

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In 1895, for his first major building constructed in the city of Bandung. Located center of town, the building! Now called Gedung Merdeka. 

At that time, the building was just a simple building used as a place of recreation for persons of Europe in London. Every weekend or a holiday, his usual stretching plantation owners in various mountains in West Java, trooped "down the mountain" for a vacation. At night, staged various art performances, dinner, and its other entertainment. 

This building is among the most luxurious in comparison to his other buildings in the city of Bandung. Her early this building is named Sociteit concordia (CS). Then renovated in 1920 and 1928, thus becoming the building in its current form. Construction of the building last used the services of two Dutch architect, Van Gallen last and CPWolf Schoemaker. 

Both are great teachers Techniscehe Hoogeschool (ITB), who once lectured building art and architectural history at the president Sukarno when he was a student. 

Concordia building is very grand building. The floor was made of Italian marble. The room place to drinks and relax is made of wood cikenhout. While the lamp is used for lighting - decorative lights glittering crystals. In the east wing of the museum there are Asian-African conference, the theater also AACC (Asian-African Culture Centre) the entire land area of ​​7,500 square meters of his reach. 

After Indonesian independence, the building was taken over by government and renamed to Merdeka Building, by president Sukarno. This name lasted replacement ahead of its Asian-African Conference (KAA) in Bandung in 1955.

Gedung Sate For Traveler

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Gedung Sate For Traveler
The second floor consists of the West and the East wings are connected by a corridor. At the center of the second floor there is a narrow wooden staircase leading to the central tower Gedung Sate. Central tower is further divided into two rooms; The first is the exhibition space photographs in West Java development, and the second is bounded by Terrace Coffee glass wall on the terrace, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the quite beautiful, especially around the area of ​​green building sate by trees. To the north can be seen clearly Monument struggle with panoramic mountain Tangkuban Perahu as background. 

The central spire roof, there are three overlapping roofs that are believed to mimic the roof of temple in Bali, or there is also a mention of Thailand pagoda roof. At its peak there were "Plugs Sate" with six of them with ornaments satay (Another version states guava water or jasmine), which symbolizes the six million gulden- amount of fees that are used to build the Sate Building. Sate Building itself, in addition to the uniqueness of its