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Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java. Yoyakarta has at least 109 tourist attractions, namely 21 ancient temples, 14 beaches, 12 cultural tourism sites, 14 spots of religious interest, 36 museums, 8 natural tourism destinations and four flora and fauna tourist objects.
Yogyakarta Special Region (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, DIY) or called Jogjakarta is officially one of Indonesia’s 32 provinces. It is located on the island of Java. It is the only province in Indonesia that is still formally governed by a precolonial Sultanate: The Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat.
Kotagede not be denied again has become the center the silver in Indonesia, beyond Bali, Lombok and Kendari. Various silver is processed into a variety of forms through a variety of ways resulting from the place which is located 10 km from the center of Yogyakarta. 70an years since, the silver production has Kotagede are [...]
This Cemetery lies on the beautiful hill about 12 kilometers from Yogyakarta. The tomb of Sultan Agung Hanyokrokusumo, the third king of the Islamic Mataram Kingdom in 1645., is on the top of the hill, it is located some 17 kilometres south-east of Yogyakarta.
Tamansari or Water Castle was build by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I in 1758 as a rest house and pleasure park for the Royal family. Tamansari means beautiful garden. Its located on Jl. Ngasem Yogyakarta, Indonesia, less than 1 Km west of Kraton. Everybody in this town knows where Tamansari is.
Mount Merapi (Gunung Merapi, 2911m) Approximately 30 kilometre, on the side North the Yogyakarta city. The crater of the volcano is a sandy plateau of about four hectares with several smaller craters, which are still active. Several of its eruptions have caused fatalities. It was erupting from 1992 to 2002, and a particularly large explosion [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
