Jam Gadang Bukittinggi

 

Typical symbols and West Sumatra Bukittinggi has a story and uniqueness in its history. It can be traced from the ornaments on the Clock Tower. In the Dutch colonial period, this clock ornament is round and on it stands a statue of a rooster.

During the Japanese occupation, hours turned into a temple ornament. Meanwhile, in the aftermath of independence, its shape changes to the shape of the ornament back gonjong traditional Minangkabau house.

The numbers on the clock are also unique. Number four in Roman numerals are usually written with the IV, but at the Clock Tower is listed with IIII.

From the tower Clock Tower, the tourists can see the panorama of the city of Bukittinggi is composed of hills, valleys and buildings that line the city center to be missed.

When it was built entirely reached 3,000 Gulden cost adjustments and renovations from time to time. When the Dutch and the first time round and the roof built on top stands a statue of a rooster.

Meanwhile, when the time changed again with the Japanese pagoda-shaped and when Indonesia Merdeka transformed into traditional Minangkabau house.

Every day hundreds of people tried at the Clock Tower location. There are a amateur photographer, was selling balloons, looking even charge bibs (public transport) to be taken to other tourist locations in Bukittinggi.

"Clock Tower has always been a blessing for us that every day work as a photographer and balloon sellers here. That's why this time into hours greatness Minang people, "said Afrizal, one amateur photographer around the Clock Tower.

To reach this location, tourists can use a landline. From the city of Padang to Bukittinggi, trip can be taken for about 2 hours travel by public transport. After arriving in the town of Bukittinggi, the journey can continue to use public transportation to the site of the Clock Tower.

More about the Clock Tower:

At first glance, there may be no weirdness at the building at as high as 26 meters. Especially if you consider the shape, since only tangible Clock Tower round with diameter 80 centimeters, in the prop basement
basic size of 13 x 4 meter, like a monument or monument. Because of the size of the other hours of the habit, it is very suitable as the Clock Tower which means the clock.

There is not even a strange thing when I saw the Roman numerals at the Clock Tower. But look more closely at the four Roman numerals. There seems to be something that appears to deviate from the grip. Properly, write Roman numerals IV four with symbols. But in the Clock Tower is actually made into figures that lined the four (IIII). Writing a patron outside the Roman numerals are still shrouded in mystery.

But unique, peculiarity in writing these figures even make the Clock Tower to be more "challenging" and the evocative question marks every person who (incidentally) to know and pay attention. Even more unique, sometimes the question arises whether this is an old and ancient patron or errors and or or

other. From a variety of information in the community, the number four is the odd one interprets as a pointer to the number of victims while victimizing development. Or there is a mean, four carpenters construction worker died after manufacture at the Clock Tower was completed. It makes sense too, because the clock is made from materials such as white cement mixed with egg white.

If assessed if there is a mistake made point IV, of course there is the possibility of a row of a list of mystery. But at least this seems to be discounted.
As a gift from the Queen of the Netherlands at the controleur (city secretary), and is an expert at Uncle Sam's American, the chances of error is very small. But let mystery with confidence.

But a noteworthy anymore, the machine is also believed to the Clock Tower there are only two in the world. Twin of course that is currently installed on Big Ben, England. Machines that work manually by the author, Forman (a nobleman known) was named Brixlion.

Now return to the Roman numeral four, are four figures strange creation was intentional by the author, also no one knows. But it is also worth noting, that the Clock Tower was laying the first stone by a six year old child, first son Rook Maker who served controleur Dutch in Dublin at the time.

While still in the Dutch colonial period, the top of the Clock Tower majestically seated statue of a rooster. But when the Dutch lost and a change to the Japanese colonialists in Indonesia, the top was replaced with a pagoda. Furthermore, when the period of independence, the top of the pagoda style roof lowered bagonjong replaced traditional Minangkabau house.