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The museum is very clean, luxurious, modern, air-conditioned, and professionally built. The area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an archeological treasure trove of fossils and remnants from the prehistoric era. The most important discovery however was the skeleton of the Java Man (Pithecanthropus erectus) an important predecessor of the modern human. The site contains a museum housing the archaeological finds as well as an archaeological park.
Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia. According to a UNESCO report (1995) "Sangiran is recognized by scientists to be one of the most important sites in the world for studying fossil man, ranking alongside Zhoukoudian (China), Willandra Lakes (Australia), Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), and Sterkfontein, and more fruitful in finds than any of these."
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Balekambang Park
Closed until further notice at May 2024.
Villa Park Banjarsari
This park was a horse racing ground. The area surrounding the park was turned into villas for Dutch plantation workers. Monumen 45 was built on November 10, 1976 on the park grounds to commemorate the Four-Day General Assault which happened on the park from August 7 to August 10, 1949.
Monumen Pers Nasional
A monument and museum to the national Indonesian press. Formally established in 1978, more than 20 years after it was first proposed, the complex consists of an old society building, which was constructed in 1918 and used for the first meeting of the Reporters Association of Indonesia (Persatuan Wartawan Indonesia, or PWI), as well as several subsequent expansions; it is listed as a Cultural Property of Indonesia. The National Press Monument has a collection of over a million newspapers and magazines, as well as a variety of exhibitions and artefacts related to the history of the press in Indonesia. Facilities include a multimedia room, free-to-read newspapers, and a library.
Jurug Zoo
Facility: zoo, aquarium.
Palace of the Mangkunegara Princes. A beautiful palace built in 1757 with an awe-inspiring main audience hall. Facility: museum, art and cultural centre.
Wihara Sudiroprajan, Klenteng Sudiroprajan, Vihara Avalokiteśvara
Temple combining elements of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism (sometimes known as tridharma), built in 1745.