Colosseum
The Architecture of Colosseum
Colosseum is located in Rome, Italy, and built from 70-82 Century. The name ‘colosseum’ was taken from a name ‘Colossus‘, a statue as high as 130 feet (40 meters). Colossus statue was rebuilt as an exchange of Nero, resemblance of Sol ( God of Sun), by adding sun crown on.
In Italy, Colosseum is named il colosseo, while in other part of Rome, colosseum is called e colisée and el coliseo. Colosseum also called Flavian Amphitheatre.
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Giri Salaka Sacred Temple
In addition to the nature’s beauty, Forest Purwo also has some historical place which often visited. This historical spot is concerning so close to the Forest Purwo’s legend. It is believed that Forest Purwo was the last escape of Majapahit people from the Mataram Kingdom’s aggression.
The historical site in Forest Purwo is Pura Luhur Giri Salaka ( Giri Salaka Sacred Hinduis-Temple), which is the praying temple for Hinduist who live around this national park. The Hinduist in this area is believed as the inherintance of Majapahit, which migrated to Blambangan Peninsula.
Pura Luhur Giri Salaka in visited mostly during Pagerwesi Ceremony. Pagerwesi Ceremony is held every 210 days as a gratitude to God in Heaven for the science and knowledge God send to earth.
Simbatan temple
Simbatan temple located +/- 17 km east of Magetan city. Since 1813, on every friday on mount Muharram ( first month in Javanese Calendar) a thorough cleaning is executed towards Dewi Sri/Goddess Sri ( Goddess of prosperity in Javanese believes ) statue which lies in temple of Simbatan.
In 1933-1942 in the right and left side of the statue produced water source. Most of the society believed that the water can be used for healing.
