The palace Maimun - Medan
Maimun palace is one of the iconic city of Medan, North Sumatra, is located in the village Talbot, Maimun Medan district.
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| The palace Maimun - Medan |
Maimun palace was designed by Italian architect and built by the Sultan of Deli, Ma'mun Al Rashid Perkasa Alam in 1888, the Palace has an area of 2772 Maimun m2 and 30 rooms.
With a building area and wide area home, her figure looks very striking in downtown Medan. First entered the front page, the atmosphere of "calm" immediately welcomed. A gentle breeze was blowing cool yard front porch of this magnificent palace. The roof which rises as high as 5 -8 yards to make the temperature inside the room feels very cozy.
The interior design of this palace is one of the main attraction. The combination between Islamic tradition and culture seemed to dominate Europe. In addition to that seen in the hall, the ground floor of the building also shows the influence of Europe. According to the story, at the start of construction throughout the main building materials are imported from European palaces, such as tile, marble and terrazzo. The influence of Dutch architecture are seen at the door and the window width and height, as well as the hallway or the Spanish-style main corridor to be part of the Palace Maimun. Dutch influence was also seen on the marble slab in front of the marble staircase which was written with Latin letters in Dutch.
Another interesting part of the main space is the availability of 20 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, storeroom, kitchen, and a small prison, an extraordinary number of luxury rooms in an age before! Comparing the function room of modern home of today, the Palace Maimun already run an efficient concept of function space in a house diera 1800's. Room overall disayap scattered left and right side and the segment behind the palace. The existence of the room is still there until now, and still can be seen from the outside courtyard.
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