Here we have a town that is a center of art and education, offers some good traveling, shopping and has a wide range of tourist facilities. This destination is Yogyakarta namely. It is a bustling town of some 500,000 people and the most popular tourist destination on Java.
Yogyakarta considered as a major tourist destination in Indonesia. It is the capital city of the province of Yogyakarta Special Region which is in the southern part of the Central Java province, Indonesia.
It is one of five districts within the semi-autonomous province of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Well, this special status is thanks to the Sultanate of Hamengkubuwono, which has ruled the area since 1749 and steered the state through difficult times of occupation and revolution.
Sultan Palace in Yogyakarta is a kingdom that began through time to time. A long time ago, Surakarta or Solo was the capital of Mataram Kingdom before 1755. Later on treaty of Giyanti in 1755, Mataram was devided into two kingdoms are Kasunanan Palace in Solo and Sultan Palace in Yogyakarta.
Following the treaty, Prince Mangkubumi the brother of Susuhunan Pakubuwono II the King of Kasunanan Palace, was crowned just like the King of Sultan Palace in Yogyakarta. He was then called Sultan Hamengku Buwono I.
The Sultan’s Palace or Kraton, using its grand elegent Javanese architecture, lay inside the centre of Jogja city. It was eventually built in 1755 by Prince Mangkubumi was then called Sultan Hamengku Buwono I.
The Sultan Palace stretches from north to south. The yard from the Alun-alun Utara (North Square) and also the backyard called Alun-alun Selatan (South square). The planning of the historical building demonstrates the palace, the obelisk (the Tugu, th Column) and Mount Merapi positioned in one line. It's blieved this axis before leading a meeting, making decision and giving order to his people.
Purworetno is that the main section of Kraton, a place in which the Sultan performs his duties. Using the luxury and elegent Javanese architecture places to relish the atmosphere from the Kraton because it was centuries ago.
Many sets of Gamelan instruments, antiques and heirlooms result in the Sulatan’s Palace as probably the most intereting tourist site in Yogyakarta. The Palace is now the dwelling spot where Sultan Hamengku Buwono X and their loved ones.
It is one of five districts within the semi-autonomous province of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Well, this special status is thanks to the Sultanate of Hamengkubuwono, which has ruled the area since 1749 and steered the state through difficult times of occupation and revolution.
Sultan Palace in Yogyakarta is a kingdom that began through time to time. A long time ago, Surakarta or Solo was the capital of Mataram Kingdom before 1755. Later on treaty of Giyanti in 1755, Mataram was devided into two kingdoms are Kasunanan Palace in Solo and Sultan Palace in Yogyakarta.
The Sultan’s Palace or Kraton, using its grand elegent Javanese architecture, lay inside the centre of Jogja city. It was eventually built in 1755 by Prince Mangkubumi was then called Sultan Hamengku Buwono I.
The Sultan Palace stretches from north to south. The yard from the Alun-alun Utara (North Square) and also the backyard called Alun-alun Selatan (South square). The planning of the historical building demonstrates the palace, the obelisk (the Tugu, th Column) and Mount Merapi positioned in one line. It's blieved this axis before leading a meeting, making decision and giving order to his people.
Many sets of Gamelan instruments, antiques and heirlooms result in the Sulatan’s Palace as probably the most intereting tourist site in Yogyakarta. The Palace is now the dwelling spot where Sultan Hamengku Buwono X and their loved ones.
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