Monas, Indonesia

National Monument or the popular abbreviated or Tugu Monas Monument is a monument as high as 132 meters (433 feet) which was established to commemorate the resistance and the Indonesian people's struggle for independence from the Dutch East Indies colonial administration.
 

Construction of this monument began on August 17, 1961 under the orders of President Sukarno, and opened to the public on July 12, 1975. The monument is crowned with flame-coated gold leaf that symbolizes the spirit of the glowing struggle. National Monument is located right in the middle of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta. Monuments and museums are open every day starting at 08:00 to 15:00 West Indonesia Time. On Monday last week of each month is closed to the public.
 

At the base of the monument at a depth of 3 meters below ground level, there is the Museum of National History of Indonesia. Large space museum of history of national struggle with the size 80 x 80 meters wide, can accommodate about 500 people visitors. This marble great room there were 48 dioramas on all four sides and 3 diorama in the middle, so that a total of 51 dioramas. This diorama shows the history of Indonesia since the pre-history to the New Order. This diorama dimula from the northeast corner moving clockwise journey tracing the history of Indonesia; begin the pre-history, the ancient empire like Srivijaya and Majapahit, followed by European colonial period that followed the resistance of the pre-independence national hero against the VOC and Dutch East Indies government. Diorama continues until the period of the Indonesian national movement of the early 20th century, Japanese occupation, wars of independence and the revolution, until the New Order of Suharto's reign.