Situs Umpak Songo

This site was labelled as culture site by ijen geopark

Nothing special for this place just for local people as gathering place

the sacred site of the hermitage of Minak Jinggo

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The Umpak Sanga site is located in Tembokrejo Village, Muncar District. The site is onrinitially having an area of ​​approximately 2 hectares this is one markernimportant related to the existence of Blambangan in the 14th century AD based on the Balawi inscriptionn(1227 Saka or 1305 AD) (Wibowo, 2020).nnThen, this site is then usednback in colonial times when the post-Jagapati rebellion (11 October 1772)nagainst the colonial occupation which consisted of a coalition of VOC, Mataram and Madura.nnThis site is a former pendapa structure, leaving 49 large stones with 9n(Javanese: sanga) between the stones has a hole in the middle. These nine stonesnwhich is strongly suspected of functioning as a support pole (umpak). This hermit at the timercolonial was also used for the place of the inauguration of the Regent of Blambangan at that time, namelyrMas Alit who was nicknamed Raden Tumenggung Wiraguna.nnMas Alit was elected as Regentrby the VOC because he had never had contact with the Balinese playingrimportant role in Jagapati's rebellion.