Across a busy street from the Gunongan is another part of the pleasure park created by Sultan Iskander Muda for the Princess Phang. This area is in the form of a large park which features a lake created by damming a canal and crossed by a few (modern) suspension bridges.
Putroe Phang Park in Banda Aceh
Like the Gunongan, the park was created by the sultan in the early seventeenth century. Originally it was all part of one complex. The road which now separates the two parts of the area was built by the Dutch in colonial times. This outdoor pleasure park was part of the sultan's palace complex, much of which is now used by the military. In its day, the palace area stretched from the Gunongan up to where the Aceh Museum stands now.