MONAS; The National Monumments of Indonesia

National Monument or popularly abbreviated Tugu Monas is a monument wit 132 meters height (433 feet), which has established to commemorate the resistance and the Indonesian people's struggle for independence from colonial rule Belanda.

The National monument was later built on area of 80 hectares.

MONAS

This monument is architected by Friedrich Silaban and R.M Sudarsono, Began construction on August 17 1961 unders the orders of president Soekarno, and oficially opened to public on  july 12 1975.

Sudarsono enter the numbers 17, 8, 45 symbolize the start of the proclamation of Indonesian Independence, into the design of the monument.

This monument crowned flame sheet coated gold that symbolizes the spirit of struggle burning.
National Monument is located right in the center of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta.
Monuments and museums are open every day starting at 8:00 to 15:00 pm. On Monday last week of the month is closed to the public.

Monas is build to commemorate and preserve the struggle of Indonesia during the revolution of 1945, to continue to inspire patriotism and spirit of present and future generations.