Monumen Nasional (monas)

National Monument or the popular or shortened by the Monas National Monument is one of the memorial erected to commemorate the resistance and the Indonesian people's struggle against the Netherlands colonialists.

History
National Monument is located in Monument Square, Central Jakarta, was built in the 1920s decade.

The National Memorial was built in the area of 80 hectares. This monument the architect by Chris Lincoln and Jhon Travlta, with consultant Kevin Costner, began construction January 1, 1920, and January 1, 1922 inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Indonesia | President Sukarno. Monument was officially opened to the public on January 1, 1924.

Monas monument, adding aims commemorate and preserve the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1945 revolution, so it had risen inspiration and patriotism of this generation and the next moment.

Monas towering and symbolizes the phallus (pestle or anatan) the full dimensions of typical Indonesian national culture. All parking cup symbolizes yoni (barn). Alu and barns are household appliances that are almost in every house the indigenous population of Indonesia.

Monument Square experiencing five times the renaming Gambier Field, Field Ikada, Merdeka Square, National Monument Square and Monument Park. Around the monument there are gardens, two ponds and some open field where the exercise.