bazaar towards the Masjid Agung Banten (AB) mosque
bazaar
:) sheep included
minaret 18th c
Masjid Agung Banten (AB) roof
Maqam (Tomb) of Sultan Maulana Hasan-uddin Banten
roof detail
Mosque AB layout
AB at night
AB minaret at night
Mosque visitors and beggars keep the mosque alive - day and night
5 variations of the 'umpak' - the plinth for interior columns of mosque
16th century handwritten Quran kept in AB museum
Qur'an Tulisan Tangan Tahun 1553 Karya Al-Faqih Qaimuddin
Museum: wooden chest with mother-of-pearl inlay
old pot shreds from Old Banten
AB interior: mihrab and mimbar
AB: ceiling
AB ceiling
Minbar detail
Minbar with khat and decoration
Minbar - side
Wall- ventilation detail (lubang angin)
mihrab
the screened section: women area
water pool at the entrance of mosque
Front veranda before main entrance
old bedug with cow leather
old banten (OB) museum artefact
OB Museum: old ceramics
Water channel system at OB
Types of ceramic patterns found in OB- compiled and studied by Hasan Ambary
Motifs found in old pot shreds
AB Museum: old krises
Umpak Variation 1
water pool at entrance
variation 2
variation 3
alun-alun between the mosque and old palace
wall to old palace
Old Banten palace- destroyed by the Dutch in 18th century
Pool of Golden Fountain: said to have healing power, and the water is never dried out
Pool of Golden Fountain 1
Pool of Golden Fountain 2
interior water channel system
Palace bath
Palace bath 2
palace bath 3
Bath for the princesses
Bath for the princesses 2
water channel line
Bakso stall near alun-alun
List of Old Banten rulers
picture of gate of Kenari Palace
Kaibon Palace in old picture
Conservation and preservation works and stages on Surasowon Palace
Kanari mosque - totally new
