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Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"), is a type of traditional house found in 
Images of notable limas houses
{{Indonesian architecture Palembang Architecture in Malaysia Architecture in Indonesia Rumah adat
Rumah limas ("limas house"), also known as rumah bari ("old house"), is a type of traditional house found in Palembang
Palembang (, Palembang: ''Pelémbang'', Mandarin: 巨港 (Jùgǎng), Hokkien: 舊港 (Kū-káng), Jawi: ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River in the ea ...
, South Sumatra
South Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the southeast of the island of Sumatra. The capital and largest city of the province is the city of Palembang. The province borders the provinces of Jambi to the north ...
, Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
. It can also be found in Baturaja
Baturaja is a town and the administrative capital of Ogan Komering Ulu Regency in South Sumatra, Indonesia
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. The house is traditionally made of wood and raised on stilts, with a stepped, or gradated, floor composed of two to five areas at slightly different heights, a broad porch, and a distinctive roof. In Palembang
Palembang (, Palembang: ''Pelémbang'', Mandarin: 巨港 (Jùgǎng), Hokkien: 舊港 (Kū-káng), Jawi: ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River in the ea ...
, these houses are associated with the nobility and other people of high status.
See also
* Malay houses *Architecture of Indonesia
The architecture of Indonesia reflects the diversity of Culture of Indonesia, cultural, History of Indonesia, historical, and Geography of Indonesia, geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia as a whole. Invaders, colonizers, missionarie ...
*Rumah adat
''Rumah adat'' are traditional houses built in any of the vernacular architecture styles of Indonesia, collectively belonging to the Austronesian architecture. The traditional houses and settlements of the several hundreds ethnic groups of Ind ...
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Images of notable limas houses
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