On the way to the Old Banten we had stopped at a lake named Situ Ardi. There we stopped to check directions. The medium-sized lake surrounded by shady trees, but the water was a bit murky. Later I knew that this lake was once a source of clean water for the Palace Surosowan.
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| Keraton Surosowan Banten |
After driving past the Situ Ardi again, we see two concrete building in the middle of rice fields in the right way. The building resembles a bunker extends it apparently is two of the three levels of purification facility named Red, White and Gold, which filters and cleans water from Situ Ardi before being discharged to the Palace Surosowan.
To visit the ruins of the palace Surosowan, we first have to come to the musuem, because that is where the key to unlocking the padlock fence entrance to the ruins of the palace is located. When we get into the site accompanied by a male officer who opened the fence and drove us to the very broad area of the site.
The clerk was seen opening the barred door iron bars are high, as high fortress palace Surosowan very wide and made of brick. There are no statues guard at the front gate or other ornaments. But in the hollow of the castle on the left appears there piles apparently used an ornament gate.
Scorching sun during the day make the air around the ruins of the palace was very dry and scorching heat. Nothing at all shade of trees or buildings there, making Mr. Daya must use prayer mats as headgear, while I use an umbrella to shelter from sunburn that can make your head dizzy.
Surosowan ancient fortress palace surrounded by a pool protection has now been razed to the ground. The palace was invaded and destroyed by Daendels in 1808 after its envoy was beheaded by the Sultan who refused to send people to help build Highway project Anyer - Panarukan because people have claimed many victims.
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| Keraton Surosowan Banten |
Bale ruins Kambang which is located in the middle of the pool Rara svelte Surosowan palace. The pool measuring 30 x 13 meters with a depth of 4.5 meters. I imagine that the pool and balekambang it may advance as beautiful ponds and buildings in Soekasada Taman Ujung Karangasem.
Indeed, we can only imagine to piece the big palace, by looking at what was left. The ruins of the building foundation shaped boxes of more widely spread in the area of the former palace of approximately 3 hectares, which surrounded the fort as high as 2 meters at an angle of diamond shaped fort (bastion) at its four corners.
Surosowan palace built circa 1522-1526 by Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin, Banten Sultanate founder who is also the eldest son of Sunan Gunung Jati Cirebon. Surosowan fortress and palace built after the conquest of the port area, previously the territory of the Kingdom Pajajaran, and make it as a trade area.
The next Banten Sultan expand and increase and strengthen the fortress palace building. At the time of Sultan Haji who seized power with the help of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa VOC, repair palace reportedly also involves Hendrik Lucasz Cardeel, architect of Dutch descent who converted to Islam and was given the honorary title of Prince Wiraguna for his services.
At the right end of the ruins of the palace Surosowan area there are a number of steps to get to the top of the fort, while the left and right look inlet to the bottom of the castle-shaped arch. I then climb up the steps to see the castle from above, which is unfortunately very thick grass.
Surosowan fort that once stood firmly as high as 2 meters by 5 meters thick. The thickness of the fort was still visible when I stand on it. Of the three gates into the palace Surosowan in the north, east, and south, only a gate on the south side are no longer inaccessible because it has been closed by a wall.
Banten Sultanate heyday occurred during the Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, namely 1651 - 1682. At that time, Banten has a strong fleet that was built following the European model, by hiring people of Europe. Is due to a dispute between Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa and Sultan Haji, son of supported VOCs, into the early collapse of the Sultanate of Banten.
After the palace was destroyed Surosowan, on 22 November 1808 Daendels announced from its headquarters in Serang Banten sultanate that is absorbed into the Dutch East Indies. But the new Banten Sultanate was abolished in 1813, when Sultan Muhammad bin Muhammad Muhyiddin Zainussalihin stripped and forced to abdicate by Thomas Stamford Raffles.
If Taman Ujung Karangasem Soekasada ever destroyed has now been transformed into a beautiful water palace, the Istana Surosowan should also be rebuilt as trace the history of the triumph of the Sultanate of Banten. This can happen when officials are really clean and solely work for the prosperity of the people and not to enrich themselves.
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