Gunongan Historical Park
Gunongan Historical Park (
History
The Gunungan Historical Park was then known as Taman Ghairah (Acehnese "pleasure garden"). According to
ar-Raniri, a 17th-century Islamic mystic from Gujarat who worked several years for the Sultan, describe the garden in elaborate detail. The garden is a walled royal pleasure garden about 1,000 fathom (1.82 km) wide. On the side leading towards the palace stood a gate known as Pintu Biram Indera Bangsa. Inside the garden were several structures e.g. the Gunongan, a mosque known as 'Isyqi Musyahadah, and a number of pavilions e.g. Balai Cermin Perang, Balai Rekaan Cina, Balai Keemasan, and Balai Kumbang Caya. Through the middle of the garden flowed a creek, named Dar al-'Ishqi, which flows north toward the Aceh River. Another structure in the garden was carved stone structures e.g. the Kembang Seroja Berkerawang and the Petarana Kembang Berukir. The garden was also embelisshed with a fountain in the shape of two dragons. Many kind of fruit trees were planted within the garden.[3]
The Gunongan, then known as Gegunungan Menara Permata ("gunungan of jeweled tower") stood in the middle of a marbled square known as Medan Khairani. The Gunongan is basically a
See also
References
- ^ Eliot, J & Jane Bickersteth (2000) p 126
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- ^ a b Iskandar Muda 2011, pp. 59–60.
Cited works
- Iskandar Muda (2011). Feener, R. Michael; Daly, Patrick; Reid, Anthony (eds.). Mapping the Acehnese Past: Aceh as a crucible of Muslim-Malay literature. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Vol. 268. Leiden: KITLV Press. ISBN 9789067183659.