Sunday, 26 April 2015

Amsterdam, The Living Museum

Ronggowarsito, famous poet of Java, realized the importance of the correct preservation of the old building as a monument of historical traces of a city. The existing old buildings in a town very dear when left to crumble so debris, because of the old buildings, many of the legacy could be excavated. Not just from history that sticks to the walls of the old, but also the culture, including the city's public building design in the past.
One of the very old buildings and keeping the Netherlands is. Set foot in this cheese-producing country, we like the cast to the past, like get into the history books themselves.

Of the many cities in the Netherlands, which is perhaps most amazing is Amsterdam. As far as the eye can see, the city's scattered buildings or monuments chic preserved although other functions can vary. There are at least 8,000 monuments are preserved by the Government of Amsterdam. No wonder the city with thousands of monuments is nicknamed "The Living Museum".
The Government of Amsterdam have specific policies that protect everything that smells of monuments, not just old buildings but including areas of Amsterdam, Yes, the scenery, the Canal, and the structure of the city itself.

All the buildings could serve just about anything as long as it is treated in accordance with the regulations, either by the Central Government as well as local. So don't be surprised if you see the old building there that serves not only as a museum but also as a hotel, stores, apartments, schools, offices, restaurants, or entertainment venues such as bars, cafes, and even a prostistusi.

There are about 20,000 building on of land 800 hectares which created history in the Centre of the city. A third building was comprised, among others, the warehouse building, churches, palaces were built before 1850. As many as 6,700 buildings fall into the category of national monument, the historic buildings which are now preserved by the Central Government. There are 290 's buildings and other monuments that are maintained by the Government of Amsterdam while other buildings followed in 1,160 in that category.
The fourth single from Amsterdam canals, the Herengracht (or Heren Canal), Keizersgracht, and Prinsengracht "your memory will be floated to the corner of West Jakarta and North. In what is called "Old Friends", the Netherlands does indeed build everything similar to Amsterdam. But alas, the canals and the old buildings and the old town district of Jakarta just left so murky area while waiting for an old building collapsed all.

That must be so proud because Amsterdam is one of the important historic buildings have completely untouched the hands of ignorant or even torn down. The preservation of old buildings and neighborhoods that produce thousands of travelers who come to the city to tour the history.

Because of his love for the monument, on what was the legacy of the past, a Board member of the Amsterdam to exchange ideas mengegolkan stone from Dam square (de Dam) to eight cities around the world, including Jakarta. They also have a special board members who take care of the matter of monuments and public spaces, namely Guido Frankfurther.

The projects in this guide Guido Frankfurther managed to raise the nine Nations in the field of Wittenburger (Wittenburgerplein), Amsterdam. They inaugurated the project shift from eight cities in the world, named after Moving The World.
The idea of uniting bongkah-bongkah Stone Road in the page field of the eight cities in the world it comes from two workers of art, Fenna Swart (Netherlands) and Joseph Scorselo (America). The stone that is moved is the usual stone graced the courts in the cities of the world. The eight selected city is a city that has a historical connection with Amsterdam, the Casablanca, Ankara, Athens, Cairo, Oslo, Copenhagen, Antwerp, and Jakarta.

Finally the shipment and delivery of the former stone beam above even so art project that condoned the Amsterdam Council members, especially those dealing with public spaces and monuments. The eight corners of the wind was chosen as the symbol of multicultural Amsterdam. It also describes the relationship that owned the Amsterdam Netherlands in particular and generally with the country that his city was selected.

In Jakarta, the original stone blocks of Amsterdam's itanam in the field that is page Fatahillah Museum the history of Jakarta. Implementation of the planting took place late last March. With tertanamnya stone, millions of human footprints passing by in Amsterdam since 1974 were embedded there.