Prince Diponegoro Monument
{{Infobox Historic Site
| name = Prince Diponegoro Monument
| native_name = Patung Pangeran Diponegoro
| native_language = Indonesian
| image =
| location = Merdeka Square, Jakarta, Indonesia
| coordinates = {{coord|-6.173219|106.827167|display=inline,title}}
| architect = Vittorio di Colbertaldo
}}
Prince Diponegoro Monument is a bronze equestrian statue of the Javanese Prince Diponegoro boldly riding a horse. The statue is located at Merdeka Square, Jakarta, in the northern part of the park. The statue symbolizes Diponegoro's leadership of his people against the Dutch colonial rulers during the Java War of 1825-1830. The statue was designed by an Italian sculptor Vittorio Di Colbertaldo.{{sfn|Cumani|2013|pp=23,44}} It was donated to Indonesia in 1965 by Dr. Mario Pitto, a wealthy Italian businessman who had served as the Italian consul-general to Indonesia in the early 1960s.{{sfn|Merrillees|2015|p=128}}
{{Commons category|Diponegoro monument (Merdeka square)|Prince Diponegoro Monument}}
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Cited works
- {{cite book |last=Cumani |first=Claudio |date=2013 |title=Il tempio nascosto - La cappella italiana sul Leitenberg a Dachau / Das versteckte Gotteshaus - Die italienische Kapelle auf dem Leitenberg bei Dachau |url=http://www.comites-monaco.de/ReginaPacis.pdf |location=München |language=Italian, German |trans-title=The hidden church - The Italian Chapel on Leitenberg at Dachau |publisher=COM.IT.ES. Monaco di Baviera |access-date=2016-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804122744/http://www.comites-monaco.de/ReginaPacis.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-04 |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite book |last=Merrillees |first=Scott |date=2015 |title=Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950-1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akLWjgEACAAJ&q=JAKARTA:+Portraits+of+a+Capital+1950-1980 |location=Jakarta |publisher=Equinox Publishing |isbn=9786028397308 }}
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1967
Category:Monuments and memorials in Jakarta