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National Monument or popularly called as Monas or obelisk monument is memorial tower which is shaped as torch flame towering to the sky. The height is about 132 meters. While its crock is 17 meters from the ground and the width of its yard is 45 x 45 meters square. Monas stands very solid covered with white paint on its body and gold colors that light up on its top.
It was built to commemorate the resistance and struggle of the people of Indonesia to gain independence from Dutch colonialism. National monument construction was began on17th August, 1961 in the reign of the first Indonesian president, Sukarno. It was Completed and opened to the public on 12th July, 1975. This monument is crowned by flame which is covered by 35 kilogram of pure gold. The flames are placed on the top of the monument symbolized as the spirit of the fiery Indonesian struggle. We can see the beauty of the Monument national in the middle of Merdeka court, Central Jakarta.