Map of The City
Pekalongan city is a cultural heritage and the past as the capital region in the colonial era up to the time of independence that has many historic buildings such as the colonial Government in the form of Office Assistant Governor / Resident, House Office of the Assistant Governor / Resident, correctional facility, Port Office, Office Post and Giro, the Railway Station, Places of Worship in form ancient mosque Jami', Sapuro mosque, temple, and the Prince Keputran House, House Personalized Patih old, custom home Pekalongan, House Chinatown. Historic monument above the Tourism Potential of Pekalongan City should continue to be developed as tourist attractions in the local, regional, national and international.
Pekalongan Jami' Mosque, the mosque is one of the legacy built by "Wali Songo" in the days of the kingdom of Mataram. This mosque has been aged more than thousands of years. as a historic place for the community Pekalongan, Jami' mosque remains guarded existence of which has experienced some restoration and repair times without leaving the original building was a mosque. Pekalongan Jami' mosque lies in the way of square Nusantara Pekalongan city, as a historic mosque that the mosque is often visited by tourists both local and international.
As a diverse community, Pekalongan have these characteristics. one of the historical evidence that can be met when you stop in Pekalongan in the place of worship for the ethnic Chinese known as the pagoda. history of this temple started from the adventure story of warlord Cheng Ho came from China who travel to it and stay over in Pekalongan with establishing a temple to his place of rest and worship. This temple was more than a thousand years old and historical evidence for the diversity of the community Pekalongan.
Old governor's house, one of the historical evidence which is very important for the community that is Pekalongan old governor's house. this place is evidence of the existence of the government in the early Pekalongan. All activities related to governance is based here, now where this condition is still guarded and changed the culture of the place for the community Pekalongan.
Kaputren princely house, a place that has a high historical value in the home city of Pekalongan kaputren prince. first place is a palace for the prince kaputren, as a dwelling which is also the place of the kingdom at that time. place with beautiful gardens and rare trees that shade, the place is fun for you if you had a layover in the town of Pekalongan. this place is now used as a meeting place with the government and also the community gardens of the city.
Origin of the name of Pekalongan as expressed by the people from generation to generation, there are several versions. One of them is mentioned in the Baurekso become Regent Pekalongan and also as The kingdom of Mataram. In the year 1628 he obtained the command of Sultan Agung to the Dutch army in Batavia. And he fought hard, and even be imprisoned as beginning with the bat / bats (Java language: topo ngalong) in the forest Gambiran (now: Gambaran village). Be imprisoned in that told Baurekso ribbing and disturbed soldiers invisible messenger Goddess long and tapering, but it does not even work long and tapering Dewi Baurekso made as his wife. Since that time, the region is famous by the name of Pekalongan. In the other version mentioned that the name also comes from the Pekalongan words Apek and Along (Java language: Apek (search), along (a lot). This is related with the sea in Pekalongan region's rich fish results.
Pekalongan City is one of the 35 City / District Region in Central Java Province. In the development towards free competition, the City continues to explore Pekalongan potential that exists. During this Pekalongan city was known as the CITY BATIK which is the production and sales centers of Batik in the large scale that has been reaching out to National and International Market. Pekalongan city can be said has been one of the city for the reference products Batik, both National and International This case has been built with a museum of Batik by National President of the Republic of Indonesia (Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) on 12 July 2006. In addition to Batik Pekalongan City also has the potential business in the field of fisheries with the fishing port of the archipelago had been the center of the largest fish in Indonesia, the other is the potential residual Historic Buildings, Shopping Tour, the Religious Arts, Tourism Kencana sand beaches and beautiful coastal Slamaran The Hot and Tirta Earth. In the city of Pekalongan. Pekalongan community consists of various ethnic, the ethnic majority, and in ethnic Chinese and Arabic. Since the first City of Pekalongan that the majority are very religious Islam, known in the running of daily life. Religious nature of which is seen on Friday in the general field of business close, many schools and non-formal education is to teach and maintain the teachings of Islamic Art and Islamic Culture. Ethnic Chinese community which is quite diffuse and has also bred to maintain the ethnic culture that they bring from its ancestor. This can be seen with the houses of worship and the arts community and the Buddhist culture that is still kept. Social life and spur economic growth in many areas of business and other needs of life, including in the field of tourism. With the need to use all resources and to increase local income, expand employment, opportunity and try to introduce tourism potential, the Municipality of Pekalongan need to improve the tourism development program through the utilization and management of tourism and new tourism digging existing It has not yet been developed.
