Wednesday walk to the Sumenep Palace Museum

Greetings, how are you friends, hope you Will always be happy. Share the experience of visiting the Sumenep Palace Museum. The palace museum is located on Jalan Dr.Sutomo no.6 Sumenep City , Madura island.

I visitor the Sumenep Palace Museum wanting to know about the history of the Sumenep kingdom, to enter the palace museum visitor have to by a ticket of 10.000,- IDR ($0,6) per person. The palace museum holds a large collection of historical object and the Kings who led the territory.

I was at the Sumenep Palace Museum accompained by a guide to explain the buildings and historical object left by the kingdom. The Sumenep Palace complex was built around 1762 durung the reign of king Tumenggung Arya Natakusuma.

The architect who design this palace complex was a Chinese nation who lives in Sumenep. The architectural style of the palace buildings are islamic,European,Javanese and Chinese. At least there are 4 building complexes and one Taman sare princes bathing building.

I entered the first building complex, the guide explained the order of the rules of the Sumenep kingdom at that time, one of which was the kingdom of Arya Witaradja who led around 1269 to 1292.

Until the Regent who led at this time and also explained the history of the golden carriage king Arya Witaradja which is around 1000 years old.

A gift from the British empire, in side the museum building there are also chairs and tables with European motifs. The shape and place for trying palace officials who were guilty at that time.

From the first palace complex then moving to another palace complex, visitor pass through the palace gate, which is shapes like more than one floor. Apart from bring a gate it also funtions to monitor activities within the palace, including the Taman sare area.

Where the palace's sons and daughters usully bathe and relax, then the guide took the pendopo building. A place for delebrration the building has a pyramid architecture, in another building there are historical relics, on the terrace of the building there is a large mirror and a carriage.

Inside there are historical relics the empress's make-up area, the empress's jewelry. Traditional musical instruments, bridal clothes, war weapons, rice pounding tools, avessel for storing water imported from China, a keris weapon for war.

Place in the from of three wooden cots if the king died, when he died, before bring bathed, bathing time, after bathing and water container for bathing the dead king.

There is a room that visitor are not allowed to enter, namely the king's bed visitors can only see from the window, including heir loom keris that are still lucky. Lasty the guide took me to Taman sare a pool for bathing the royal family.

There are several stairs in the poll and not for from the Taman sare door, there is a building where bells are placed to summon royal officials.

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Thank you for stopping by.

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