KAWASAN KAUMAN MENARA KUDUS SEBAGAI CAGAR BUDAYA ISLAM: CATATAN TERHADAP KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH KABUPATEN KUDUS

Abstract

This article discusses about the policy of Kudus regional government concerning the preservation of heritage site of Kauman Kudus by applying historical approach. This paper aims to explain about how the local government’s approaches to preserve Islamic heritage site of Kauman and how the government may improve the site. The problem of this research was to explore ehether there are any real efforts put in by the government of Kudus to preserve region of Kauman Kudus Tower area and wheteher further effort to revitalize that area as cultural heritage. The purpose of the research was to describe efforts that has been done by the government to maintain the heritage. Result showed that the local government policies related to the preservation of Kauman area focuses on the revitalizing the site such as: clearing out the main street of cars, managing souvenir dealers, documenting history of Sunan Kudus, establishing a museum of Islamic history, and forming a committee of heritage site.