Kuto Besak Fort

Kuto Besak Fort built over 17 years, starting in 1780 and officially inaugurated  by Monday on February   21, 1797. 

Kuto Besak Fort originally the  palace  which  is  building into the 18th  century became the center ofthe Sultanate of Palembang. Kuto Besak Fort established the  idea came from first Sultan Mahmud Badarudin  who reigned in the years 1724-1758, but only realized when it was ruled by Sultan Muhamad Badarudin the Sultanate of  Palembang who reigned in the years 1776-1803

Besides known as a leading figure in the field of trade of the earth, Sultan      Mahmud Badarudin is also the one who made the clerical city of Palembang as the   religious center of Islam in the archipelago. In the era of his rule,his Kuto Lamo Palace  move to Kuto Besak .The Dutch called the Nieuwe for Kuto Besak New Palace or Kraton

Fort area comprises a vast court with background rows of palm trees in the yard 

Kuto Besak Fort fused with the water tower Palembang Wall Office
 
B. Features

Religious Tourism firm with a long-standing 288.75 meters and 183.75 meters wide  The height of the fortress was 9.99 meters (30 feet) with a thickness of 1.99     meters (6 feet) On every corner there bastion fort (fort Defense ) but there is   one bastion located on the northwest corner of the fort form a third larger than  the other bastion. Third bastion of the same form is typical of Religious Tourism

East side, South, West and there are                                   

Kuto Besak Fort entrance. Main entrance facing the river Musi Kuto called mace,   while the other entrance gate is called the stern.

C. Location

Kuto Besak Fort is located in the central city of Palembang, South Sumatra        Province, precisely located on the north side of Musi River. The area is bounded  by the River Sekanak located on the west, the River Tengkuruk located on the east, and north of the River chalky

Punti Kayu Natural Tourism Puntikayu Nature Tours is the only Sumatran jungle tours in the south, its strategic location (6 km from downtown). Puntikayu TWA area as a conservation area which pengembanganya concept based on the principle - the principle of protection of the diversity of biological species and wildlife T umbuhan. Potential TWA Punti form a panorama of pine wood (pine mercussi) which has an interesting view of aesthetic value, and the existence of wild animals, namely: long-tailed macaque, Macaca Fasicicularis), monkey (Macaca Nemistriana) etc.

History of Palembang

Palembang City is one city in Indonesia which is also the capital of the province of South Sumatra .Palembang is the second largest city in Sumatra after Medan . This city had once been the center of the Kingdom of Sriwijaya , before later moving to Jambi . Siguntang hill, in the western city of Palembang, until now many people are still sacred and regarded as a former center of purity in the past.

Palembang is the oldest city in Indonesia, this is based from the inscriptions found on the Mount Kedukan Siguntang Hill west of Palembang city, which declared the establishment of a wanua is interpreted as the city was the capital of Sriwijaya on June 16 682 BC ^[2] . So that date as a benchmark for the birthday of the city of Palembang.

The city was attacked several times by foreign powers, where the worst damage occurs when the assault forces and the invasion of Java 990 years the Chola kingdom in 1025. But now the city is the center clean up and beautify themselves increasingly becoming an international city.

Palembang city alone so far into the water the most beautiful tourist center nicknamed "the Venice of the East".