Clock Tower built in 1926 by architect and Sutan Yazin Gigi Ameh. Laying the first stone construction by Rook Maker's first son who was then 6 years old. Clock was built as a gift from the Dutch Queen to Rook Maker.
From the tower Clock Tower, the tourists can see the panoramic town of Bukittinggi hills, valleys and buildings lined up in the middle of the city who loves to pass up.
Bukittinggi distinctive symbols and West Sumatra has a story and unique in its history. This can be traced from the ornament on the Clock Tower. In the Dutch colonial period, this clock ornament round and on it stands a statue of a rooster. During the Japanese occupation, ornaments hours turned into pagoda. Whereas in the period after independence, re-shaped ornament with a shape change gonjong Minangkabau traditional house.
The figures on the clock also is unique. Number four in Roman numerals are usually written with the IV, but at the Clock Tower written by IIII.
This tomb is visited by pilgrims crowded every day. They came from various cities in West Sumatra, and even some that came from Jambi, Pekanbaru, Sumatra and other areas.
Grave has size approximately 1 x 2 meters, surrounded by iron bars like a prison. Between the tomb and bars is approximately 0.5 meters. In the tomb there is a large frame that contains two large sheets of paper with size of approximately 1 x 0.5 meters. In the paper the letter was written arab bald (without punctuation).
Tomb is found in a building is deliberately designed to provide convenience for the visitors. The building is characterized by grave Minangkabau mosque architecture in the 16th century AD Size of the building can accommodate approximately 15 to 20 people.
This tomb is a major pilgrimage place orders Syattariyah followers. In certain months such as Syafar month, the month Rabi 'al-Awwal (Birthday of Prophet), or Ramadan, the followers of the Sufi Syattariyah frequent religious activities such as the litany, manamat, baratik, and pray at the tomb complex.
Many pilgrims believe, that if you pray at the tomb of Sheikh Burhanuddin then his prayer will be answered. By because they had a lot of pilgrims come and go after another prayer request for anything.
Masjid Raya Pterospermum is one old mosque located around Lake Maninjau (Sub Tanjung Raya), Agam regency, West Sumatra, which was built in early 20th century. The location of this mosque is not so far from the highway that connects Lubuk Basung (Agam District Capital) with the City of Bukittinggi.
Looking at building and environmental conditions are increasingly old mosque and not well organized, renovasipun done in early 2000. After a complete renovation, the building looked beautiful mosque with a mix of architectural styles existing pagoda in Thailand and gonjong typical house building gadang Minangkabau society. The combination can be seen on the small tower located at the four corners of the roof of the main building. While the roof structure is designed to follow the pattern of building houses on stilts with roofs which are also composite three typical archipelago mosque in ancient times.
At the mosque plastered in an attractive ornament. On the wall of the mosque, for instance, is covered with carved boards painted with dark color composition. So also with the support pillars of the mosque. Poles made of these walls, decorated with soft colors to match the walls of the mosque.
At the front of the mosque or the beginning of visitors set foot into the mosque area, there are water fountains that poured endlessly. Meanwhile, on the back of the room there were a mosque large fish pond with a good arrangement. On the left and right side of the fish ponds are the ablution for visitors who want to perform salaah.
Adityawarman Museum is the most important cultural museum in West Sumatra. The museum functions as a place to store and preserve historical objects like the Minangkabau cultural conservation, cultural reserves and cultural reserves Mentawai Archipelago. To preserve a collection of historical objects, the local government formed a small team who served as a labor educator, curator, preparator and librarians.
The main collection is at the Museum Adityawarman grouped into ten different types of collections, namely: Geografika, Biologika, Etnografika, Arkeologika, Historika, Numismatika, Filologika, Keramologika, Fine Art and Teknalogika. Collection of supporters who owned museum is Adityawarma archaeological heritage objects Dharmasraya Kingdom, which is a duplicate of the statue and the statue Bhairawa Amoghapasa. In addition there is also a collection made of gilded silver old who weighs 17.5 grams and features glossy white gems berwana at its center is often used by rulers on ceremonial each in Minangkabau.
The museum collection is located in a custom home building Minangkabau (Rumah Gadang). In front of the museum building, there are two complementary granary Gadang House building, and then combined with miniature carts, gig and the remnants of war planes World War II.
