Kutai Sultan's Palace, Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Kutai Sultan's Palace is also known as the Museum Mulawarman. Located in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It's nice to learn the history and art here. A great learning tool and fun for kids. Entry ticket price is very cheap, there are also many food stalls and souvenir stalls around the museum.
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Jln. Diponegoro, Tenggarong 75514 Indonesia

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  • 3Arif H 5:00 PM Dec 28, 2017
    Nice colonial era heritage building in Borneo
    I visited the palace in mid 2017, while visiting nearby Borneo. The palace is very accessible, only an hour drive from Samarinda, capital city of East Kalimantan province, and can be easily found alongside Mahakam River. It was a worthwhile journey. The palace belongs to the Kutai Sultanate and it is huge, build with a colonial, Dutch-influenced architecture mixed with traditional style roof. The palace complex has accompanying garden and cemetery. The tombs are dated from since 1700s which show history of rulers and royalties of the kingdom. There is a garden is located near promenade of Mahakam River, great view. In its middle, it has a golden winged creature, which seems to be symbol of the Kutai Sultanate. Overall, it is an almost mandatory part of itinerary if you visit Eastern Borneo.
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  • 3Raymond W 5:00 PM Jun 20, 2012
    A Modernist Palace in East Borneo
    Kalimantan is what Indonesians call Borneo. The Indonesian part of the island still blips on very few tourist radars, but there are some worthwhile sights here. One of the least expected cultural sites in East Kalimantan is this 1930s futurist villa built for the Sultan of Kutai. It would have been an avante-garde design for Europe at the time, but as the palace of a sultan amongst the jungles of Borneo, it is truly bizarre. Built by the Dutch as a replacement for a wooden longhouse that had burnt down, it is well preserved and sits along a beautiful stretch of the Mahakham River, with views across to some midstream islands. Behind the palace is an attractive old royal mosque, which survived the fire which destroyed the original palace. It takes about an hour out here by road from the sleepy city of Samarinda. It is worthwhile for culture vultures but is not the reason most travellers would consider visiting Borneo.

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