Gunung padang Site Cianjur Indonesia

Site Gunungpadang a prehistoric heritage site Megalithic culture in West Java. Precisely at the border and Panggulan Gunungpadang Hamlet, Village Karyamukti, District Campaka, Cianjur. Vast complex "building" approximately 900 m², is situated at an altitude of 885 m above sea level, and the site area is about 3 ha, making it the largest terraces punden complex in Southeast Asia.

 Location of the site is hilly steep and difficult to access. The complex extends, covering the surface of a hill bordered by rows of large rectangular blocks of andesite. The site is surrounded by valleys are very deep. This place has previously been sacred by the local residents. Residents consider it as a place of King Siliwangi, king of Sunda, trying to build a palace overnight.

 Meanwhile, some archaeologists are still working on the site, for the truth mencarai the site entrance. They work with great care, using simple tools such as hoes, brushes, to create a grid of excavation.

"The latest findings at this time, the team has found a ladder in poor condition. Allegedly the stairs, toward the main door in the bowels of Mount Padang building," he said. 

 In addition, the team also said the ground layer of rock at depths up to 15 meters from the summit of Mount Padang is a construction of man-made and not natural rock layer with an estimated maximum age of 10,500 years BC.

"Mount Padang is a giant staircase structure punden-covering hillsides and made ​​with advanced construction architectural design which is equivalent to building construction Michu-Pichu in Peru







Thousands of visitors thronged the Megalithic site of Mount Padang, Cempaka subdistrict, Cianjur. In fact, about 7,000 visitors are expected to visit the site. The visitors not only come from outside Cianjur Cianjur and even foreign tourists.

Interpreter Coordinator Maintain Site Mount Padang Nana said, the visit of tourists since the day until D +4. When compared with regular days off, the number of visits has increased significantly.

"Per day can reach thousands of people. Till yesterday, the number reached 7,000. Beyond the average of Cianjur, such as Bandung, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Tangerang, Bogor, even from abroad

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