Tampaksiring Palace

on Minggu, 05 Desember 2010

Tampaksiring Palace, located in Gianyar regency, Bali province, is the only Presidential Palace that was built after Indonesia Merdeka. The five other castle is a building that has stood since the days of Dutch colonialism, including the Presidential Palace and Istana Merdeka (Jakarta), Istana Bogor (Bogor), Cipanas Palace (Cipanas), as well as the Great House (Yogyakarta).

Tampaksiring Palace was built by an architect named RM Soedarsono on the initiative of President Sukarno. Development of the presidential palace is divided into two periods, namely 1957 and 1963. In 1957, the complex was built Wisma Merdeka and Wisma Yudhishthira. While in 1963, the second phase of development completed two other major buildings, namely the State and Wisma Wisma Bima, and one Multipurpose Building (conference building).

Tampaksiring Palace built in the area is mountainous with an altitude of about 700 meters above sea level (DPL). The travelers who visit this place to witness history and functions of historic buildings that once used by the president of the Republic of Indonesia.

At Wisma Merdeka which has an area of 1200 m2, for example, visitors can view Bedroom Bedroom I and II, President, Family Bedroom, Living Room, and the Space Working with such a beautiful arrangement. In this building visitors can also see the decorations in the form of sculptures and paintings of choice.

While at Government House, the tourists can see a building with an area of 1476 m2 which is the building to entertain the guests. Between Wisma Merdeka and Wisma Negara are as deep + 15-meter gap that separates the two homestead. Therefore, built a bridge along the 40 meters with a width of 1.5 meters to connect two homestead it.


Guests will be escorted through the state usually this bridge to go to Government House, so the bridge is also known as the Friendship Bridge. The guest of honor who never pass through this bridge, among others, Emperor of Japan Hirihito, President Tito of Yugoslavia, Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam, and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.

Wisma Yudhishthira is the place to stay for the party presidency and the party guests. Wisma is located in the middle Tampaksiring Palace complex has an area of approximately 1825 m2. While Wisma Bima with an area of approximately 2,000 m2 is usually used as the rest of the presidential guard and escort the guest country.

Another building that is not less important is the Conference Building. This building was purposely built for the purpose of the cabinet meeting, a dinner guest of the state, and important conferences, such as Summit (Summit) ASEAN XIV, held on 7-8 October 2003 ago.

Still in the palace area, the tourists can also enjoy other attractions are quite famous on the island of Bali, the Pura Tampaksiring that is right under Tampaksiring Palace. This temple is also known as the Pura Tirta Empul because in this temple are sacred springs (Tirta Empul). In this place, the tourists can do meditation and reap the blessings by way of bathing at the pond fed by water from Tirta Empul. Sacred spring that is said to have been used for purification and treatment since a thousand years ago.

Tampaksiring Palace complex and Pura Tirta Empul located approximately 40 kilometers from Denpasar City. From the capital city of Bali province, tourists can use private vehicles or public transportation (taxi). However, if want a practical sightseeing, tourists can hire the services of travel agents (travel agents) contained in Denpasar.

The travelers who require lodging hotels and resorts can be rented around Tampaksiring. For those who like shopping and culinary connoisseurs as well as to satisfy the desire on the souvenir stalls and food stalls are widely available in this region. [Perempuan.com]

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