The Monument of Simpang Lima Gumul

The appearance of the building that grew huge and acted like a king around other buildings.


The Monument Simpang Lima Gumul With was located in the Kediri Regency (East Java - Indonesian), where being planned road-jaan orbited a quite big circle, was marked by a measurement monument of the giant, who almost could be estimated of a third mall. The first time seeing this building, definitely that crossed was the monumental impression that was extraordinary from this building. Not only because of the measurement, but also his form that was interesting.Was in a small city, this monument building began to be interesting attention of many visitors, although not yet functioning as the round town square simpang five. This because of going out that connected simpang five this was not yet finished was made.


The Gumul area, the Kediri regency, was seen from on top of the monument. Seen the roads and the garden that were not yet finished were made. However the object of this monument has invited attention of many visitors, both from around gumul With and from outside the city that by chance through.

When entering this building region, that was felt was to how small is us around columns of the giant. Looked up, pay attention to around, around the scale as big as that made our visual capacity be challenged more far to understand our presence in the scope of the giant's mass. This building was equal 6 floors, with spaces for the meeting above and one hall the auditorium on the top, by one dome.

Paid attention to this building, was gotten by several impressions.

- First; he became the marker that was very strong for the territory where the level of his community did still not develop fast, but began to be open with the existence of many television broadcasts.
- The two; the very strong marker could be compared mall for the area of surrounding area, where meaning the local regional government of enough attention with the progress of his area by making one city landmark.
- The three; must be questioned about the presence of this noose compared with Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.



An other monument in the Kediri city, from the Monument roof of Simpang Lima Gumul, was the tower of a mosque in the middle of the city be as high as 100 metre, was the highest marker in the Kediri city. Felt here monumentalitas the building became the anomaly for other buildings.



Building relief of Arc de Triomphe indicated the vitality of the movement from the spirit of Europeans, to commemorate Napoleon's glory. Whereas in the monument simpang five this, his relief did not indicate a vitality, but apparently more to the simple spirit of the local community, that did not show the vitality impression, but enough simple impressions with the normal 'development motto' were present in the regional government's rhetoric.