Ternate Sultanate palace

Ternate Sultanate palace is situated on the coastal plain in the village of Soa-Sio, Letter C Village, municipality of Ternate, North Maluku province. Not far from the city center lies the Palace of the Sultanate of Ternate. In the thirteenth century until the seventeenth century the Sultanate of Ternate has an important role in eastern archipelago. In the golden age, which in the sixteenth century, the imperial power stretches from all parts of Maluku, North Sulawesi, the islands in the southern Philippines, to the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. Palace of the Sultanate of Ternate included as objects of cultural heritage on December 7, 1976. The heirs of the Sultanate of Ternate, led by Sultan Muda Shah Mudzafar, imperial palace was handed to the Government of the Directorate General for Culture restored, maintained and preserved by the legislation in force. Resembling a fortress, palace is fenced by a wall with a height of more than 3 meters. Here also there is the king and his family residential complexes, as well as the imperial tomb complex predecessors. European-style palace was built overlooking the sea, and there is a single complex with the imperial mosque built by Sultan Hamzah, the Sultan of Ternate to-9.

Interior design of the palace filled with gold trimmings. In the living room there is a relic of the garments are made from luxurious gold thread embroidery, jewels of gold and a giant necklace of pure gold, crown, kelad shoulder, arm kelad, earrings, earrings, rings, and bracelets that are all nearly made of gold. This is the Sultanate of Ternate had experienced the glory days.

This magnificent palace store, maintain and display objects of the empire's heritage, such as weapons (guns, small guns, bullets round, spear, sword and shield), iron clothes, royal clothing, hats of war, tools household, and the ancient texts (Al-Quran, edicts, and letters of agreement).

Not far from the palace, there are stalls selling souvenirs and traditional foods such as North Maluku, papeda (sago), crab walnuts, almonds halua, bagea, and fish processed products, such as fufu fish (smoked fish) and fish gohu.