Great Mosque of Surakarta in the past is the Great Mosque of State. All employees at the Grand Mosque is the palace courtiers, with a degree from the palace as Prince Kanjeng Tumenggung Tafsiranom prince (the prince) and Lurah muezzins.
The Great Mosque was built by Sunan Pakubuwono III in 1763 and completed in 1768. This mosque is a mosque with a category of Jami Mosque, the mosque is used for the five daily prayers and Friday prayers. With the status of the State Mosque / the Kingdom for all purposes provided by the royal mosque and the mosque is also used for religious ceremonies, held the kingdom.
The Great Mosque is a complex of buildings covering an area of 19,180 square meters which is separated from the surrounding environment with the walls encircling wall as high as 3.25 meters. Building the Great Mosque of Surakarta tajug overall form of a roofed buildings overlapping three-and culminates mustaka.
Grand Mosque consists of:
Porch, has a sort of alley that juts forward (tratag vines) whose front is formed crest.
Main Prayer Room, has 4 teachers and 12 saka saka swamp with a mihrab to the completeness of the pulpit as a place Khotib at Friday prayers.
Pawestren, (place of prayer for women) and the Central Council,
Place of ablution
Roving fence, built during the Sunan Pakubuwono VIII in 1858.
Pagongan, located on either side of the entrance of the mosque, the same shape and size of the building that is shaped gazebo that is used for the ceremonial gamelan when Sekaten (Commemoration Ceremony birthday of Prophet Muhammad).
Stables and garage to the king's carriage when the Friday prayers and Gerebeg, estimated to be built simultaneously with the construction of the Great Mosque of Surakarta.
PGA State House, founded by His Majesty Pakubuwono X (1914) and belonged to the palace.
Athan tower, the tower has a architectural style Kutab Minar in India. Founded in 1928.
Hours Istiwak monument, namely the clock using a benchmark to determine the position of the sun shollat time.
Selirang pawpaw, is a building used for the courtiers who take care of the Great Mosque.
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Solo Balapan Station is a base station in the city of Surakarta, which connects the city of Bandung, Jakarta, Surabaya and Semarang. The station was founded by the railway network in the NIS-colonial 19th century (actually 1873) and is one of the oldest stations in Indonesia (after Semarang Tawang Station). Construction is done in the reign of Mangkunagara IV, and a station for the Praja Mangkunagaran Duchy. Large station in Solo for Solo Station area is Jebres Kasunanan. Its construction was designed by Herman Thomas Karsten, a famous architect Indisch homage.
The station has two emplacement Solo Balapan, North and South. South emplacement has 5 railroad (tracks), while the North has a 7-gauge emplacement. South emplacement is generally used for Passenger train service, while the more northern emplacement KA goods destined for the ministry. To the east, there are two majors, the rail-way north to to Semarang, rail east to Surabaya. On the east side of the station there Turners Triangle (Wye) which allows a series of railways entirely reversed by using the principle yard. Inverting the sides of the triangle also allows the trains from the east (from station Solo Jebres) to go directly to the north / to Semarang Solo Balapan without passing station and vice versa. Near Triangle Turners have Pertamina fuel depot, a rail entry is also from one side of this Inverting the Triangle.
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Manahan Stadium is a football stadium located in the city of Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. The stadium capacity is 25,000 spectators is the headquarters of the club Persis Solo and Solo FC.
Manahan Stadium in its history ever so famous clubs enclosure ground water include: Arseto Solo, Solo Pelita (now Pelita Jaya), and Persijatim Solo FC (now FC). Now the stadium is absolutely became the headquarters of the local keseblasan, Persis Solo.
In 2007 became the Asian Champions Cup matches since the club championship Indonesia follow, Arema and Peaches. Referring to the stadium FIFA rules to qualify as an international venue, among others because it is close to the international airport.
The stadium has become the venue for Indonesia Cup final of 2010. In 2011 the stadium plan will also be a Premier League stadium opening of Indonesia's first season on January 15, 2011.
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