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Gunung Padang
Archaeological site is located in Gunung Padang and Panggulan area at
Karyamukti village, Campaka, Cianjur. It is the biggest megalithic site in
South East Asia. People around the location believe that the place is an
effort of the sovereign of Siliwangi in building a palace on one night.
The existence of this
site was written on the report of Rapporten van de oudheid kundigen Dienst
(ROD) in 1914, also reported by NJ. Krom, in 1949. In 1979 the officials of
Ditlinbinjarah, Pulit Arkenas observed the area. By that time, the research
of Gunung Padang archaeological, historically, and geological.
This site is located 50 km from Cianjur. It's a kind of holy place which
stairs as ways to reach up. All of the area is contain of stones of
massive volcanic rectangular. Those stone blocks spread and almost cover the
top mount Padang area. The local people of surrounding area named some
stones like Kiai Giling Pangancingan table, Eyang Bonang chair, Jojodog
Eyang Swana, Syeh Suhaedin alias Syeh Abdul Rusman, Stairs of Syeh Marzuki,
and Syeh Abdul Fukor stone. |
