Rumah Pengasingan Bung Karno

The residence houses Bung Karno, One is no less important a good historic buildings to visit. The house is the residence of Bung Karno, the house is located in the center of the city of Bengkulu, specifically in the way of Sukarno Hatta Village Anggut Gading Cempaka Upper Town district of Bengkulu.

Year of establishment of this house can not be known with certainty, the house originally belonged to a Chinese trader named Lion BWE Seng hired by the Dutch to put the Bung Karno during exile in Bengkulu.

Up to now the characteristics of a Chinese home still exists, namely that there is a vent above the windows and doors patterned letters / phrases in Chinese. Bung Karno who had little name Kusno after exiled to Endeh Flires since 1934, then moved to Bengkulu in 1938.
"Most visitors to the Bung Karno serving his exile during the 1938 to 1942 in Bengkulu, the come from outside the city and dominated by students," said nurse Persada Bung Karno and Bung Karno Sugrahanudin House, Sunday (20/12).

"The number of visitors is increasing rapidly today because of school holidays and there is one school of South Sumatra province," he said.
Permanent employees of Archaeological Heritage Preservation Hall (BP3) Jambi said an increasing number of visitors did take place every weekend.

But the long holiday to welcome the New Year 1431 Hijri make the higher increase in the number of visitors.

"If regular day is only 10 to 15 people, while the holidays around 100 to 150 people," he said.

Sugrahanudin said, most visitors are tourists House Bung Karno domestic origin of the island of Java and the neighboring provinces like South Sumatra and Lampung.

To enter the historic house where Bung Karno was performing frequently Tonil Monte Carlo, visitors must pay Rp 2,500 per person, but for the entourage to a discount to $ 1,500 per person.

Rudi, a resident of Jakarta who visited the historic assets, said, interested to see house of Bung Karno exile because in this area also The Proclaimers are met with First Lady Fatmawati.

"I'm interested to see the living conditions in exile during the Bung Karno, was a big house and according to the explanation of the guard, this house is the most luxurious home owned by a Chinese merchant that time," he said.