Nort Sumatra Tourism

The ideal gateway to explore and experience the unity in diversities of North Sumatra. North Sumatra tourism offers almost all kind of tourist attractions from your bucket lists during holiday visit to Indonesia, Asia. Especially for nature lovers who can easily tick on their travel bucket lists of any passions and desired interests.

Most importantly North Sumatra will definitely be the right choice and decision for your travel destinations in Indonesia even Asia. The crowded Medan City is accessible 1 hour drive from Kuala Namu International Airport and around 3-4 hours to Berastagi. And also it is about 4-5 hours to Bukit Lawang and likewise almost the same distance to Lake Toba.

Medan Great Mosque (Masjid Raya Al Mashun) is the icon of Medan tourism as well as the highlight of interesting places to see around Medan – North Sumatra which is perfectly situated in Medan downtown, about 200m away from Maimun Palace. The mosque was built in 1906 and completed in 1909 by Sultan Ma’mun Al Rashid Perkasa Alam, The Sultanate of Deli. The Medan Grand Mosque is the most popular tourist destination around Medan city, because of its remarkable historical heritage status as well as its unique architectural interior designs of the Grand Mosque which was influenced with Middle East, Indian, Spanish ornaments combinations.

Unique architecture and interior design
It was designed by the Dutch architect, Theodoor van Erp who also previously designed The Maimun Palace where he handed over to JA Tingdeman to accomplish the design with an octagonal symmetrical layout style, combining elements from Morocco, India, Europe and the Middle East.

 

Source : Liteneasy.co.id