The Sultan’s Palace
The Sultan’s Palace, or Kraton, with its grand and elegant Javanese architecture, lay in the center of the city. It was founded by Pangeran Mangkubumi in 1775, whose the son, the prince, was then called Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I. The architect of this two-century-old palace complex is the late , the founder of the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat kingdom.
Sultan Pallace
Measuring about 14,000 m² in size, the complex was completed back in 1756 with extensive showcase of Javanese palace architecture.
The Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, was formed in 1755 when the existing Sultanate of Mataram was divided by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in two under the Treaty of Giyanti. This treaty states that the Sultanate of Mataram was to be divided into the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat with Yogyakarta as the capital and Mangkubumi who became Sultan Hamengkubuwono I as its Sultan and the Sultanate of Surakarta Hadiningrat with Surakarta as the capital and Pakubuwono III who was the ruler of the Sultanate of Mataram as its Sultan. The Sultan Hamengkubuwono I spent the next 37 years building the new capital, with the Kraton as the centerpiece and the court at Surakarta as the blueprint model. By the time he died in 1792, his territory exceeded Surakarta’s.
What to See at Sultan Palace:
Royal Carriage Museum
In the vicinity of Yogyakarta Palace, there is a special museum that can not be found elsewhere. The museum was the Museum Carriage Yogyakarta Palace. Not a modern carriage which this museum collections, but the palace’s carriage Yogyakarta Sultanate. When compared with today, the palace’s horse-drawn carriage is proportional to the Indonesian police number plates 1 and 2 are used Indonesia President and deputy…….
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX Museum
This museum is located within the Sultan’s Palace which was inaugurated by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X on November 18, 1990. Objects / equipment, photographs and service marks and the goods are displayed in this museum special miik or received late Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX. Opening hours along with the Sultan’s Palace….
Kraton Yogyakarta Batik Museum
Kraton Yogyakarta Batik Museum was inaugurated by Sri Sultan HB X on October 31, 2005. The museum occupies one of the buildings in the compound Kraton Yogyakarta. In the museum collections are stored various batik cloth batik to equipment from the HB HB VIII to X. It also saved some of the collection presents a number of employers in Jogja batik and other areas….
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