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SULTAN
HASANUDDIN ( 1629 - 1670 ) king of Gowa who spent his whole life
fighting against the Dutch. His cemetery is in the graveyard of the kings
of Gowa. Including in his cemetary is a stone that was utilized as a place
for inaugurations of the Kings of Gowa, and an old mosque. The tombs of
Gowa Kings are large stones scattered among the fragrant while"Kamboja"
flowers and the splenderous flaming scarlet flamboyant flowers. Ourside
the cemetary borders there is a stone from "Tomanurung", on which all kings
of Gowa were crowned. According to the legent of South Sulawesi Kings,
they are the descendants of " Tomanurung", who were sent from the sky to
become Kings. The mosque near this place was built in 1930 and restored
in 1978.
