The
National Monument (or Monument Nasional) is a 132 meters tower in the center of
Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta. It symbolizes the fight for Indonesia’s
independence. The monument consist of a 117,7 m obelisk on a 45 m square
platform at a height of 17 m.
The
towering monument symbolizes the philosophy of Lingga and Yoni. Lingga
resembles, rice pestle (alu) and Yoni resembles a mortar rice (lesung), two
important items in Indonesian agricultural tradition.
The
construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Soekarno and the
monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with
gold foil. The monument and museum is opened daily from 08.00 – 15.00 every day
throughout the week, except for the last Monday of the month the monument is
closed.
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