HISTORIC DISTRICT TOUR Gowa

SULTAN TOMB HASANUDDIN

Sultan Hasanuddin (1629-1670) King of Gowa who devotes all his life to struggle against the Dutch colonizers. Tomb of Sultan Hasanuddin on top of the hill "kale Gowa" katangka village, district of Somba Opu, the tomb complex of the kings of Gowa. Not far from the tomb there is a stone called the stone "pallantikang" (Takabassia) as a place of inauguration / coronation of the kings of Gowa, and the stone was the initial appearance of a woman who fell from the sky (heaven) and became the first king of Gowa called (Tumanurung Bainea) after the ancient kingdom of Gowa.

 
TOMB ARUNG PALAKKA

Whitewater palakka is a king who ruled the kingdom of bone in the reign of Sultan hasanuddin as the king of Gowa, in areas other ancient tomb is the tomb of one of them Karaeng pattingaloang he is the king of Gowa who was famous as a prominent scholar of his time. The location of this area is located about 200 meters from the road axis-Sungguminasa Makassar beyond the city gate to the left.

SOMBA OPU  

Somba Opu built by the kings of Gowa to IX Dg Matanre Tumapparisi Kallonna the XIV century (1550 - 1650) which is the center of the kingdom of Gowa and one of the city's largest airport in Southeast Asia of its time. Somba Opu is a historical relic from the past mighty kingdoms in South Sulawesi. Now the region Somba Opu made miniature cultural center and has built a variety of traditional home of all ethnic / ethnic nation in south Sulawesi where each custom house describe the culture of each.

OLD MOSQUE KATANGKA

Katangka old mosque situated in the village of Somba Opu katangka district about ± 500 meters from the location of the tomb of sheikh yusuf complex to the east. This Mosque is the oldest mosque in south Sulawesi, was built during the reign of the king of Gowa to Sultan Alauddin XIV in 1603, an old mosque in the area this region there are some ancient tomb kings of Gowa, several royal princes and noblemen of the descendants of Gowa.

TOMB COMPLEX Sheikh YUSUF

Sheikh Yusuf was a great scholar who once owned the kingdom of Gowa, fragrance, his name and his struggle known in Indonesia and even the world. Yusuf sheikh who holds Tuanta salamaka become part of history of the kingdom of offerings and the southern African country, he was highly regarded until now his tomb became a place of pilgrimage visited by people from various regions. The public trust that everyone who prayed for something to HER at the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf will be granted his prayer by the Almighty. Dikompleks this cemetery there are graves of loyal followers, located in the district katangka Lakiung Somba Opu about ± 500 meters from the gates of the city limits of Gowa Makassar towards the east.

BALLA LOMPOA PALACE COMPLEX

This museum is one of reconstruction to the old royal palace of Gowa, in the arrangement of wood that has been built in 1936, and has been restored in the years 1978 to 1980, this museum contains items of historical greatness of the kingdom of Gowa like crown royal, a variety of manuscripts, magic weapon , custom clothing, and various collections of tools, equipment ceremonial monarchy. Right Beside the museum has built custom homes Tamalate intended to bring back form Tamalate palace ever built in the heyday of Gowa Kingdom to the XV century with the aim to raise the nation's culture through the development of contextual development.

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