By: Daniel Prasdika.
Talking
about Magelang, it must be identical with Borobudur and Mendut temple, but
there is also a new tourist attraction, namely Rhema Hill, a hill for
sightseeing and praying. This hill is located in the hamlet of Gombong,
Kurahan, Kembanglimus, Magelang, about 11 minutes or 4.8 kms drive from
Borobudur Temple. On top of this hill, there is a unique building in the form
of a crowned dove. However, this building is more famous by the name of the
chicken church.
Rhema Hill is a place for Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta students to learn the program of the Resilient Infrastructure: Presenting a Safer and More Comfortable Life, enriching students' insights about unique and inspiring architecture (Saturday, 3/06/2023). In this place, students observed the building of a prayer house on Rhema hill which makes visitors curious and brings benefits to the surrounding community. Labeled with Architectural Tour, this activity was attended by students with various study backgrounds such as management, accounting, electrical engineering, nursing, and also pastoral theology.
The students learned the guide's presentation telling that the construction began when Daniel Alamsyah prayed all night on this hill, and he was much encouraged when he met Jito, a disability child. In 1992, he started to build this place but it stopped due to the 1996 monetary crisis. The building was neglected, but began to be more attractive again when it became the shooting location of the movie "Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2". Since then, tourists began to visit this place, and subsequently famous for the chicken church.
During
the visit, the Stube HEMAT students observed the shape of the building consisting
of seven floors, starting from the first floor to the top of the pigeon crown.
The location of the building is on a hill by climbing stairs as high as
approximately 150 meters. The tour guide accompanies to walk surround the
inside of the pigeon church building. On the 1st floor, there are paintings and
the history how to build it, along with prayer rooms for every religion. Going
up to the 2nd floor, this room is to be used as a worship place for Christians
but now it is no longer used. On the 3rd floor, paintings of diversity of faith
up to the 4th floor are presented. On the 5th floor, visitors can enjoy
paintings in the form of mountains in Java along with buildings from all over
the world. In addition, there is a view of several mountains around it. The 6th
floor is the head and beak constructed in an open state so that visitors can
look to the East and it is a waiting room before climbing to the crown. Limited
space on the 7th floor is a nice time for visitors to be able to see around 360
degrees, observing the hills including Borobudur temple. The pigeontail section
is a café where visitors can enjoy fried cassava and other menus managed by the
local community.
Through the Architectural Tour, students find new enlightenment, not only about buildings and constructions but also the hiding idealism to present unique and useful building architecture works. The pigeon church can be a tourist destination, as well as a provider of employment and culinary business.
The
existence of Rhema Hill infrastructure is very useful as it is functional and
unique, that local community also enjoy the
benefits of economy increase finally. ***
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