Vacation Star | Pagaruyung Palace | Pagaruyung Palace is located in Nagari Pagaruyung, Tanjung Emas district with a distance of about 5 kilometers from Batusangkar. While the West Sumatra provincial capital located about 105 kilometers.
Pagaruyung Palace a mainstay attraction in Tanah Datar. In addition, Pagaruyung Palace is also one of the "icon" tourism of West Sumatra province. Almost every travel agency in West Sumatra Province always include them in a travel package they offer. The shaped of Pagaruyung Palace building custom Minang house or often known as "Gadang House" with a very large size and buffalo horn-shaped roof that curved tapered upwards.
This building consists of 11 gonjong, 72 milestones, and 3 floors. Exterior and the interior is equipped with a variety of carvings which each shape and color engraving have a Minangkabau philosophy of history and culture. While in the living room showcased a variety of historical objects such as ceramics Pagaruyung royal relics and various handicraft objects from Minang. Interestingly, all the milestones that support the building is made an oblique course somewhat at odds with the existing architectural theory but does not reduce the robustness of the building itself. In addition, in the yard, palace building is also equipped with a mosque building, "rangkiang" (which serves as a place to store the harvest), and "tabuah" (to call the citizens).
Pagaruyung Palace itself is a replica of the Palace building Rajo Alam Pagaruyung that burned by Netherlands in 1804 and rebuilt in 1976. On February 27, 2007, the Pagaruyung Palace suffered fires struck by lightning and now it has been rebuilding. The palace is stimulated by the panorama of Mount Youngest tourist facilities which are very suitable for camping and hiking.
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