Final Year Project 2011: Surosowan

Surosowan Palace

Surosowan Palace is a palace in Banten. This Palace was built around the year 1522-1526 during the reign of the first Sultan of Banten, Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin and reputedly alsoinvolvesbuilding experts from the Netherlands, namely Lucasz Cardeel Hendrik, a Dutch architect who converted to Islam that bear the title Prince Wiraguna. Surosowan like a sturdy Dutch fort with bastions (corner diamond-shaped fort) in the four corners of the building. Buildings within the palace walls are no longer intact, Leaving only debris and foundation walls.
Surosowan Palace has three entrance gates, each located on the north side, east, and south.. At the center of the palace there is a building containing a pool of green water, which is filled with algae and moss. In this place also have space inside the palace are associated with water or a pool. One of the famous is theformerpond garden, named "Bale Kambang Rara Denok". There is also a shower for bathing so-called "pancuran mas".
Rara Denok is rectangular pool with a length of 30 meters and 13 meters wide and 4.5 meters depth pool. There are two sources of water in surosowan, it's located in the wells and Lake Tasikardi located about two kilometers from Surosowan.
The Surosowan fortress was once 2 meters high and 5 meters thick, protecting a vast area of 30,000 square meters of sultanate complex.

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