Prince Diponegoro Monument is a bronze equestrian statue of the Javanese Prince Diponegoro boldly riding a horse. The statue is located at Merdeka Square, Jakarta, in the northern part of the park. The statue symbolizes Diponegoro's leadership of his people against the Dutch colonial rulers during the Java War of 1825-1830. The statue was designed by an Italian sculptor Vittorio Di Colbertaldo.[2] It was donated to Indonesia in 1965 by Dr. Mario Pitto, a wealthy Italian businessman who had served as the Italian consul-general to Indonesia in the early 1960s.[3]
| Prince Diponegoro Monument | |
|---|---|
| Native name Indonesian: Patung Pangeran Diponegoro | |
| Location | Merdeka Square, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 6°10′24″S 106°49′38″E / 6.173219°S 106.827167°E |
| Built | 1967[1] |
| Architect | Vittorio di Colbertaldo |
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References edit
- ^ "Monumenti Vittorio di Colbertaldo". Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ Cumani 2013, pp. 23, 44.
- ^ Merrillees 2015, p. 128.
Cited works edit
- Cumani, Claudio (2013). Il tempio nascosto - La cappella italiana sul Leitenberg a Dachau / Das versteckte Gotteshaus - Die italienische Kapelle auf dem Leitenberg bei Dachau [The hidden church - The Italian Chapel on Leitenberg at Dachau] (PDF) (in Italian and German). München: COM.IT.ES. Monaco di Baviera. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- Merrillees, Scott (2015). Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950-1980. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9786028397308.