Not many people know that the fortress palace fortress Buton is the widest and most unique in the world. This fortress received an award from the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) and the Guinness Book Record in September 2006 as the largest fortress in the world that is 23.375 hectares. The existence of the fortress formerly had great influence on the existence of the Islamic kingdom of Buton thus able to survive for more than 4 centuries.
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The Buton fortress palace actually named palace Wolio, this fort palace shaped "dhal" in Arabic alphabets are taken from the last letter of the name of the Prophet Muhammad. The circumference of the fortress 3 kilometers with an average height of 4 meters and a width or thickness of 2 meters. The circumference of the castle is 2,740 meters concentrated around the traditional village of Buton with old houses are still preserved until today. So here you can also enjoy a cultural community that still apply custom original packaged in a variety of display of art and culture is often displayed in a traditional ceremony.
Fortress Buton palace is a heritage of the Sultanate of Buton, it was built in the 16th century by Sultan Buton III named La Sangaji the title of Sultan Kaimuddin (1591-1596)The fort was originally built only in the form of piles stone arranged around the palace complex later as well as a fence between the palace complex with the surrounding community settlement. In the reign of Sultan Buton IV named La Elangi or Sultan Dayanu Ikhsanuddin, fortress was used as a permanent building.
Buton palace fortress has a shape that is quite unique architect, made of limestone mountains. The fort has 12 gates called Lawa and 16 cannon emplacement they call Baluara. Because of its location at the top of the hill is quite high with a fairly steep slope allows this place as the best defense in his day.
Buton fortress palace is the most unique buildings in the fortress that exist around the world. Construction fortress 1.5 meters to 2 meters is composed of rocks of the mountain by using an adhesive such as lime mixed dough liquid egg whites. Around the world, there is no fortress with the construction of buildings like that. In general, fortress was built using sand mixed adhesive cement.
Inside fortress there is a mosque which is also the same building as the building construction fortress. In front of the mosque, there is a flag pole height of 33 meters. Interestingly, flagpole that is approximately 400 years old and weathered by rain and not cracked by the heat of the sun. The flag pole is made of wood from Pattani, Thailand and brought the merchants who become partners Sultan Buton.
Another uniqueness of Buton palace fortress is the entrance to fortress consisted of 12 doors. By Buton society, the door as much as it is identified with the number of holes in the human body are two holes eyes, two nostrils, two ears hole, the anus, the mouth hole, one hole urinary, the sperm duct, the navel hole, and the hole sweat or pores. Sperm discharge hole in the human body, analogous to the royal secret door, the door where the discharge of the royal family, if there is a danger that threatens the kingdom.
One more thing you should not miss seeing baluara. Baluara built before the fortress palace was founded in 1613 during the reign of La Elangi or Dayanu Ikhsanuddin as sultan Buton 4th. Built in conjunction with the construction of 'godo' (warehouse). Of the 16 baluara two of which have godo located above the baluara. Each serves as a repository of bullets and gunpowder. Each baluara has a different shape, adapted to the conditions of the land and place. The names baluara named after the village where the baluara are from the Sultanate of Buton. 16 Name Baluara is baluarana gamma, baluarana litao, baluarana barangkatopa, baluarana wandailolo, baluarana baluwu, baluarana dete, baluarana if, baluarana godona oba, baluarana Wajo / Bariya, baluarana tanailandu, baluarana melai / baau, baluarana godona stone, baluarana lantongau, baluarana gundu-gundu, baluarana Siompu and baluarana Rakia.
Traditional village of Buton
Buton traditional village with old houses in the area of the fort is maintained until today. Native culture is packaged in a variety of unique art and culture often presented in ceremonies. Buton community has hundreds of types of language with its own dialect spread across 72 regions that united in wolio. Community life can you also feel full of peace and brotherhood.
In the area of community activity fortress palace there were still perform various rituals like that happened at the time of the empire many centuries ago. The surrounding population is descended from a noble family heir to the kingdom of Buton past.
Stone Popaua and Great Mosque Sultan Buton
Wolio rock is dark colored stone which the local community in this stone raised a beautiful daughter named Wakaa-Kaa, which then made the queen. His inauguration was done on stone popaua. This stone is located approximately 200 meters from the rocks Wolio. Popaua stone surface is almost flat on the ground, but has a similarly sized indentations human foot. In grooves that Wakaa daughter-kaa his right foot as he took the oath of office as the queen under the umbrella played seven times. Because the stone is called popaua stone (stone umbrella played a king). Tradition inauguration queen or king above the stone goes up in the days of the empire, the form of the royal government of Buton after the advent of Islam.
Popaua stone is located on a small hill where the establishment of the Great Mosque of Sultan Buton. This mosque was built in 1712 in the reign of Sultan Buton XIX named Lang Kariri with the title of Sultan Sakiuddin Darul Nature. This mosque measuring 21 x 22 meters it has a flag pole on the east side. This pole is also used as a place of execution hanging under Islamic law.
On the back of the mosque pulpit cave entrance called "Pusena land". Trust the local community of the cave out the call to prayer on a Friday, which later became the background to build a mosque on the site. This mosque have been rehabilitated in the 1930s, the cave entrance was closed with cement so that the smaller size to the size of footballs. The hole is given a cover of boards that can be opened by anyone who wants to see the cave entrance.
Kamali Badia itself is nothing more than a typical wood construction homes as house pavilion Southeast Sulawesi Buton in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta. In one of the rooms Kamali Badia, still in the palace complex, there are billed dragon cannon. The dragon symbol cannon still have bullets and can be detonated.
Location
fortress of Buton palace is located in the city of Baubau, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Access
To reach this place you can begin the journey of Kendari achieved for 1 hour by plane or ship about 4 hours. Then continue the journey to the village in the district Melai Betoambari Baubau City.
Facility and acomodation
For facilities that are provided here is sufficient to meet the standards, if you want to shop, you can just come to the showroom of the National Crafts Council of South East Sulawesi in front of the hall Transito or to Bravo Souvenir shop in front of the Hotel Imperial Wua-Wua. Here you can find the typical woven Buton and silver. For food you can visit pujaserata Betoambari or to the beach Kamali. To stay, there are several hotels that exist in this city that can meet your needs in lodging.
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