Sambas Palace

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           Sambas Sultanate government center is located in a small town which is now known as the Sambas. To reach this city can be reached by land vehicles from Pontianak city toward the northwest as far as 175 miles, through the town Mempawah, Singkawang, Pemangkat, and Sambas.
           The former location of the seat of government located at the edge of the town of Sambas. In the area of ​​the confluence of Sambas, Small Sambas, and the Red, in a place that people called Muare Ullakan (In The Village) Sambas Sultanate palace stood.
Sambas Sultanate government center is located at the confluence area of land measuring approximately 16,781 square meters of longitudinal east-west direction.

          In this plot, there are several pieces of the building, the pier where boats / ships sultan rests, two gates, two paseban, where the sultan's office work, building core palace (hall), kitchen, and the mosque sultan.
          Palace building facing west toward the river Sambas. To the north of the pier there Sungau Small Sambas, and to the south there is the Red River. All around the palace ground is a swamp and clumped in some places there is a family tomb sultan.

          The building of the old palace built by Sultan of Bima in 1632 (now demolished), while the palace that still stands today was built in 1933. As a palace on the banks of the river, where the means of transport boats / ships, of course, built on the banks of the river dock where boats / ships sultan rests. The pier is located at the front of the palace known as the bridge Seteher. This bridge jutted into the river. From the pier was no road leading to the palace and through the gate entrance.
           Entrance gates leading to the palace courtyard is a two-story octagonal with schematics and extent of 76 square meters. The lower part is used for guard and a resting place for people who want to face the sultan, and the upper part is used to adjust the guard spot.

           In addition, the top at times is used as a place for gamelan throughout the city so that people can hear if there are crowds at the palace.
Once through the gate of octagonal, in the palace yard flagpole can be supported by a four-bar pole. This flag pole symbolizes the sultan, and the beams symbolize the four helpers sultan called viziers. At the bottom of the flagpole there were two guns, and one of them named Si Gantar Alam.

           Before entering the palace, from the pages of existing flag pole, we have to go through yet another gate. Gate entry is also made ​​up of two floors, but the shape of a rectangular diagram. Downstairs where the guards are on duty for 24 hours, while the upper floor is used for family sultan relax while watching the activities of the daily life of its people.

Once through the second gate and fence core, arrived at the palace buildings.

          Inside the palace complex there are three buildings. To the left of the main building there is a building the size of 5 x 26 meters. In the past this building serves as the kitchen and the cooks palace. On the right side of the main building there is another building the same size as the kitchen building. The building serves as the Sultan and his assistant work. Sultan of building work and the main palace building connected by roofed corridor with a length of 5.90 meters and a width of 1.50 meters.

          On the inside of the building where the Sultan and his assistant worked, saved some imperial treasures, including the imperial throne, sword inaugural Sultan, gongs, spears, yellow umbrella is a symbol of the empire, and the cannon catfish. Catfish cannon number seven at present still considered sacred items, and often diziarahi population. Each cannon has a name kesil size, namely Raden Mas, Raden Samber, Queen of Quick, Pajajaran queen, queen daughter, Raden Pajang, and Commander of Thunder.

           The main palace building measuring 11.50 x 22.60 meters. Consisting of seven rooms, which is located in the front hall, bedroom sultan, sultana bedroom, children's bedroom sultan, family room, dining room, and a special sewing. At the top of the door that connects the hall and living room, there is a symbol of the Sultanate of Sambas with "Sultan van Sambas" and angkatahun July 15, 1933. The figure this year is the date of the inauguration of the palace buildings.
On the inside of this building, the Sultan's bedroom belongings stored treasures Sambas Sultanate, including the contest where the sultan, oversized clothes, umbrellas empire, sword, shakes, ladies, and a writing desk Sultan. On the wall of family pictures plastered Sultan who ruled the Sambas.