Maimoon Palace

Maimoon Palace is royal house for Sultanate of Deli and becomes of tourism sites from
Medan, North Sumatra. This grand, 30-room Maimoon Palace was built by the sultan of Deli in
1888 and the architecture features Malay, Mogul and Italian influences. Only the main room,
which features the lavish inauguration throne, is open to the public. In this room, there is a
modest collection of ceremonial kerises and dress up in traditional Malay costume.

Maimoon Palace is one of the most beautiful palace still exist in Indonesia. The Palace consists of
two floors divided each into three parts: the main building, the left wing and the right wing. Each floor
has 20 rooms. The total of 40 rooms of this Palace does not include the prison in the basement, kitchen
and bathrooms. In front, about 100 meters, stands the Mosque of Al-Maksum known as the Great Mosque
of Medan.

Maimoon Palace is located at Jalan Brig. Jend. Katamso in downtown Medan. This historic
building is open the public every day, except when there are organizing a special ceremony. The back
wing of the palace is occupied by members of the sultan’s family. The current sultan, Aria Mahmud
Lamanjiji, was only eight years old when he was installed as the 14th Sultan of Deli in 2005, replacing his
father, who died in a plane crash. He is the youngest sultan in Deli history. He currently resides in
Sulawesi with his mother, and his role is purely ceremonial.

There are many collections of the kingdom which are displayed along the meeting room, such as
the photos of the families, antique furniture gifted by the Dutch, and various types of weapons. Patterns of
Dutch architecture with doors and window width and height, as well as Spanish-style doors to be part of
the Palace Maimoon. Dutch influence was also seen on a marble slab in front of the marble steps are
written with Latin letters in Dutch.

Source : https://www.indonesia-tourism.com/north-sumatra/maimoon_palace.html

Title Maimoon Palace

Text Identification Maimoon Palace is royal house for Sultanate of Deli and
Structure becomes of tourism sites from Medan, North Sumatra. This grand, 30-
room Maimoon Palace was built by the sultan of Deli in 1888 and the
architecture features Malay, Mogul and Italian influences. Only the
main room, which features the lavish inauguration throne, is open to
the public. In this room, there is a modest collection of ceremonial
kerises and dress up in traditional Malay costume.
Description Maimoon Palace is one of the most beautiful palace still exist in
Indonesia. The Palace consists of two floors divided each into three
parts: the main building, the left wing and the right wing. Each floor
has 20 rooms. The total of 40 rooms of this Palace does not include the
prison in the basement, kitchen and bathrooms. In front, about 100
meters, stands the Mosque of Al-Maksum known as the Great Mosque
 of Medan.

Maimoon Palace is located at Jalan Brig. Jend. Katamso in downtown

Medan. This historic building is open the public every day, except
when there are organizing a special ceremony. The back wing of the
palace is occupied by members of the sultan’s family. The current
sultan, Aria Mahmud Lamanjiji, was only eight years old when he was
installed as the 14th Sultan of Deli in 2005, replacing his father, who
died in a plane crash. He is the youngest sultan in Deli history. He
currently resides in Sulawesi with his mother, and his role is purely
ceremonial.

There are many collections of the kingdom which are displayed along
the meeting room, such as the photos of the families, antique furniture
gifted by the Dutch, and various types of weapons. Patterns of Dutch
architecture with doors and window width and height, as well as
Spanish-style doors to be part of the Palace Maimoon. Dutch influence
was also seen on a marble slab in front of the marble steps are written
with Latin letters in Dutch.

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Fungsi Sosial : Maimoon Palace is one of the most beautiful palace still exist in Indonesia. The
Palace consists of two floors divided each into three parts: the main building, the left wing and the right
wing. Each floor has 20 rooms. The total of 40 rooms of this Palace does not include the prison in the
basement, kitchen and bathrooms. In front, about 100 meters, stands the Mosque of Al-Maksum known as
the Great Mosque of Medan. (Membangggakan)
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Aceh Tsunami Museum
The model of the building is the result of contest winners, who is M.Ridwan Kamil (the Lecturer
in Architecture from Bandung Institute of Technology) with
the idea of building, is Rumoh Aceh as Escape Hill. The
museum building plans are analogous to ocean wave’s tsunami
epicenter. The traditional elements such as Tari Saman have
been translated in the outer skin of the building exterior.

Located at Jalan Iskandar Muda, Banda Aceh, the

museum is open every day (except Friday) at 10:00 to 12:00
and 15:00 to 17:00. The style of this building is quite unique,
it has stage house style or Rumah Panggung, and it resembles
a ship with a chimney.

Inside the museum, there is a narrow hallway with rumble noises waterwall on both sides as if to
remind the enormity of the tsunami. Aceh Tsunami Museum displays an electronic simulation of the 2004
Indian Ocean earthquake, the photographs of the victims and the stories of the survivors.

This Museum that was built with Rp 70 billion funds has 2 stairs, where the first floor is an open
area that can be seen from the outside and its function as a place to commemorate the tsunami. On this
floor there are several rooms that contain tsunami track record in 2004. There is tsunami showroom, pre-
Tsunami, the day of the tsunami and post-tsunami space. Also, there are some pictures of tsunami,
tsunami trace artifacts and dioramas displayed in this floor.

On the 2nd floor containing instructional media in the form of a library, props, space 4D, and a
souvenir shop. Some props are displayed among other things; the design of earthquake-resistant
buildings, as well as a model diagram of the earth fault. There are some facilities continue to be refined as
space disaster painting, diorama, libraries, 4-dimensional space, as well as cafe.

The exterior of the museum is to express cultural diversity of Aceh with decorative ornament
element of transparency such as bamboo weaving. The interior view will lead you to the contemplation of
the devastating disaster suffered by the people of Aceh as well surrender and recognition of the strength
and power of God.

Aceh Tsunami Museum was built on the initiative of several institutions like the Reconstruction
Agency for Aceh and Nias, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of Aceh, the
Government of Banda Aceh and the Indonesian Architects Association.

The museum was inaugurated in February 2008. The purpose of development in addition to the
memory of the earthquake that led to the 2004 tsunami as well as well as being an educational center and
as a center for evacuation if the tsunami comes again. At that time the tsunami in 2004 killed more than
120 thousand people, and becames the national tragedy of all time.

Source : http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/aceh/tsunami_museum.html