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The Tugu Monument, Yogyakarta is a famous landmark that is located right at the center of Yogyakarta. This was originally built by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VI. The monument has a sphere as the top spire and this represents the universe. Previously that is during the colonial era there was a golden cylinder in the place of the spire.
In the Indonesian language the word "tugu" means column. The

The church of Ganjuran or the Temple of Hati Kudus Yesus is located in Ganjuran, the Sub district of Bambanglipuro, about 7 km to the south of Bantul City. The temple was built on April 16th 1924 as a praying place with an architecture style of Hindu-Java.

The statue of the holy heart that is the symbol of Jesus Christ crowned within it, that symbolizes just and peace of God who is the King of

Candi is ancient archeological structure constructed during 7th-9th century aimed for a specific religion (Budha or Hindu). It was constructed from hundreds of volcanic or river stone blocks and assembled solely by human labor. Candi walls is often carved with reliefs depicting stories, and a stone God or Godess statue usually sits at the center.

There are several candi located in Yogyakarta and

Some of Museum can you find in Yogyakarta. A great places to re-open our memories about upon time in Yogyakarat. They are:

Museum Dirgantara (aircraft museum)
It's on Jalan Kolonel Sugiono, Yogyakarta 55002 (behind Adi Sucipito Airport), +62 0274 564465, 564466. M-Th 8AM-1PM, Sa 8AM-12PM. This Indonesian aircraft museum holds several antique aircraft from WWII era such as Badger bomber, MIG-15

The Yogyakarta Sultanate, formally the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, was formed in 1755 when the existing Sultanate of Mataram was divided by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in two under the Treaty of Giyanti. This treaty states that the Sultanate of Mataram was to be divided into the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat with Yogyakarta as the capital and Mangkubumi who became

Year 2010 proves to be the warmest ever in history, the first four months reporting an average temperature of 13.3 degrees centigrade which is 0.69 degrees over the 20th century average.

The combined global land and ocean surfaces temperatures for the period between January and April were the warmest ever recorded, and April was the hottest single month ever, "says U.S. climate agency in its final report.

The total global April land and sea mean surface temperature was the warmest ever recorded at 14.5 degrees Celsius (58.1 degrees F).

It is 0.76 degrees Celsius over the 20th century average of 13.7 degrees Celsius, "said National Park Service (NOAA).

Earth's temperature from January to April at 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit (13.3Â ° C) is 1.24 degrees Fahrenheit or (0.69Â ° C) over 20 century average states.

While the global ocean surface temperature was 0.57 degrees Celsius over the 20th century average of 16 degrees and the warmest on record for April, the global land temperature 1.29 degrees Celsius over the 20th century average of 8.1, the third warmest on record for April.

The report says that the heat was most pronounced in the equatorial part of the great oceans, especially in the Atlantic.

Warmer than normal-dominated world, with the most prominent heat in Canada, Alaska, Australia eastern United States, South Asia, North Africa and northern Russia.

Cooler than normal places including Mongolia, Argentina, Russia's Far East, the western contiguous United States and much of China, it said.

El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate pattern that occurs over the tropical Pacific Ocean, on average, every five years, weakened in April, as the sea-surface temperature anomalies into the equatorial Pacific.

The climate pattern is known for its connection with floods, droughts and other weather disturbances in many world regions, which vary with the individual events.

Fading made significant contributions to the heat observed in the tropical belt and warmth of the total ocean temperatures for April.

According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, El Nia ± o is expected to continue through June.

The agency said the Arctic sea ice was below normal for the 11 in a row in April and 2.1 percent above the average level from 1979 to 2000. It was the largest Arctic sea ice since April 2001.

Moreover, satellite observations showed snow cover extent was the fourth lowest recorded since 1967.

For anyone interested in learning more about the history of Mazarrón, a new book called ‘Recordando el tiempo’ ('Remembering the time') by Juan Francisco Belmar is going on sale in local bookshops. The book apparently contains about 400 photographs tracing the history of the city, plus 34 articles which faithfully record the development of the town. Read an article about this new reference source

Through an interesting article at ThinkSpain, comes a link to an online archive of more than 3,000 photographs 'comprising the so-called 'Rojo File' which documents life in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War', and which has just been made available by the Ministry of Culture here.As is indicated in the ThinkSpain article, the 'Rojo File' was used both for anti-Fascist propaganda purposes and