Tugu Yogyakarta

Tugu Yogyakarta is an obelisk or tower that is often used as a symbol of the city of Yogyakarta. This monument was built by Hamengkubuwana I, founder of the Yogyakarta palace. The monument is located at the intersection of Jl Jenderal Sudirman and Jl. This Mangkubumi Prince, has symbolic value and is a magical line that connects the southern ocean, Kraton Yogyakarta and Mount Merapi. During meditation, it is said the Sultan of Yogyakarta at the time to use this monument as a benchmark the direction facing the top of Mount Merapi.
This monument is now one Yogya tourism objects, and often known as the "monument of white pal" (pal also means the monument), because the color of paint used since the first is white. Pal monument is elliptical with a small ball and a pointed tip at the top. From the palace of Yogyakarta when we look to the north, then we will find that Jalan Malioboro, Jl Mangkubumi, this monument, and Yogya Kembali Monument Road will form a straight line exactly with the direction to the top of Mount Merapi.