As the usual from every country with the glory of kingdom, Malaysia that now is federation country with thirteen parts of states and three Federal Territories with the population almost twenty eight million people have beautiful tour place in it, The Wooden Palace of Seri Meranti. The Wooden Palace of Seri Meranti now becoming Museum of Royal Palace and of course it one of the most tourist destination for tour traveling in Malaysia. It was built in 1900s for residence of royal families.

This palace is located in Kuala Pilah about 13 km, Negeri Sembilan Malaysia. It was destroyed by the British in 1875 but rebuilt in 1905. This palace is good because it followed Minangkabau style of the architecture whereas the Minangkabau is ethnic group in West Sumatera Indonesia. When 15th century the Minangkabau ethnic lived in Negeri Sembilan with inherit histories behind it. This palace have unique theme, the palace building used wood materials for the whole and it used cengal also rare iron wood, just for knowledge that at the past a lot of forest around the palace, so that’s the cause why the materials was from woods in whole of building.

The other unique of this palace, the way to build the palace no single nail was used and put together entirely by wooden pegs as Minangkabau architecture. The structure of the palace incorporates 99 pillars, representing the 99 warriors who served at the palace. The palace is beautiful and near of this palace there is junction of cultural village where in this village tourists could see Minagkabau culture and traditions at their best with dances, music and handicrafts to charm visitors. Visiting to this palace could make tourist rethinking about how glory at the past fulfill with rich cultural behind it and learn to the tourist to respect history of the inherit place for the descent.

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