Jam Gadang

It's the best place in my town. People called that Jam Gadang. Jam Gadang is a clock tower which is a symbol of the land of Minangkabau culture of the town of Bukittinggi. The symbol is also typical of West Sumatra has a unique story because of his age and already tens of years. Jam Gadang was built in about 1926 by architect Yazid Sutan Gigi Ameh. Laying the first stone at this do Rook Maker's first son who was then aged 6 years. This clock is a gift from the Queen of the Netherlands to Controleur.
This building has been amended 3 times. In the Dutch colonial period, this clock is round and on it stands a statue of a rooster, while the Japanese occupation period, shaped pagoda. At the time of independence, the shape changed again into ornaments Minangkabau traditional house. It could be said at jam gadang is witness a change from era to era history of the struggle of the people in the colonial era.
The size of this clock diameter is 80 cm, with ground-plan 13x4 meters while the height 26 meters. Development of the jam gadang which is said to spend a total cost of construction of about 3,000 this Gulden, eventually becoming landmarks or symbols of the town of Bukittinggi. There is the uniqueness of Roman figures at the jam gadang. When the writing of Roman letters are usually in number six is ​​VI, VII and number seven is the number eight is VIII, the jam gadang is to write the number four with symbol IIII (usually IV). And the writing is up to now msih overwhelmed by the mystery.
But his unique, peculiarity in the writing of that number actually make the jam gadang to be more "challenging" and inspires a question mark every person who (incidentally) to know and pay attention. Even more unique, sometimes the question arises whether this is an old and ancient patron or errors and or or the other. From a variety of information in the community, four odd numbers are there as a pointer that defines the number of victims who become casualties of when the construction. 

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Sianok canyon located in the central town of Bukittinggi, stretching from the South continue to Nagari Koto North Tower, Nagari Sianok Six Interest and ended at Palupuh with a length of 15 km, a depth of 100 meters and 200 meters wide. Quiet Sianok canyon or valley is a beautiful valley, green and lush, didasarnya flows a tributary winding through the crevices of cliffs, colorful backgrounds and Singgalang Mount Merapi which is verdant nature fascinating.

The uniqueness is easily accessible canyon, a canyon in the center of town that does not exist in other cities in the world. Natural beauty is stunning canyon Sianok always perpetuated by tourists to take photographs as well as for the painter’s imagination. Surf trip through canyon trails in the valley is an interesting recreation, when the journey continues to other side canyon within 45 minutes you will arrive at Nagari Nagari Koto Gadang as origin some of the leaders of Indonesia, among others: H. Agus Salim and Emil Salim.

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POJOK BENTENG

POJOK BENTENG or community Yogyakarta often call this building JOKTENG. Building a high rectangle approximately 5 meters, located in downtown Yogyakarta. There are 4 pieces like this and form 4 square around the center of the royal palace. Evidently this building in use as a royal fortress in the first period there is a place where the material with gunpowder and cannon. Built around the year 1755.
But there is one Beteng keemapat between non-intact or almost no spotting again, is on the northeast corner (if pulled from the Sultan's Palace). this building was destroyed in the attack the British army during the reign of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono II, known as event or sensation geger spei Sepoy (SPEI sensation or sensation called Sepoy because at that time the British army under the command of Colonel Gillespie deploy mercenary troops from India, called Sepoy). As a result of the attack was the Sultan's Palace and defeat the kingdom fell into the hands of the British government and lane II finally exiled by the British to the island of Penang.

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Atlantis maybe Indonesia?

 According to references that I read, atlantis may indeed have a point in the past it's there. There are researchers who say that it is the first Indonesian atlantis. No less than 30 matching characteristics between Atlantis by Plato and conditions of Indonesia. For example, in tropical areas, which is always hot even in the Ice Age. Fraught with all kinds of beauty and richness of the vast lands and beautiful fields, valleys and mountains; gemstones and various metals, woods fragrance, fragrances, and dyes are high quality, rivers, lakes, lakes, and abundant irrigation, agriculture productive with two crops per year; palace-studded gold, silver walls, and fortresses, elephants and all kinds of beasts.
Atlantis comes from the Sanskrit Atala, which means heaven or observation tower (watch tower), Atalaia (Potugis), Atalaya (Spanish). Plato affirms that area at the time Atlantis was the center of world civilization in the form of culture, natural resources, science / technology, and others. Plato states that the location of Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean now. In his time, he insisted that the earth is flat and surrounded by an ocean (ocean) as a whole.Ocean comes from the Sanskrit word meaning ashayana surrounds thoroughly. The opinion was later challenged by experts in the future such as Copernicus, Galilei-Galileo, Einstein, and Stephen Hawking.

Santos differs with Plato about the location of Atlantis. Brazilian Scientists argues, that at the time of the eruption of the volcano, causing the ice to melt and flow into the ocean so that the extent of increase. Water and mud derived from volcanic ash and the burden on the ocean bottom, resulting in tremendous pressure on the earth's crust at the bottom of the ocean, especially in pantaibenua. This pressure resulted in an earthquake. This earthquake was strengthened further by the mountains in a row that erupted later and cause a devastating tsunami waves. Santos called Heinrich Events.

In an effort to express an opinion based on the history of the world, it seems an oversight that Plato has made ​​two, one on the shape / position of the earth which he said flatly. Secondly, regarding the location of the continent of Atlantis which he said was in the Atlantic Ocean which is opposed by Santos. United States military research in the Atlantic region proved unable to find traces of that lost continent. Therefore it is not arbitrary is proverb that says, "Amicus Plato, sed magical Amica veritas."Meaning, "I am pleased to Plato, but I prefer the truth."According to the writings of Plato, the conference finally agreed on 24 criteria that should satisfy the requirements of the existence of geographic location of Atlantis, namely:

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