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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.
It is located in the center of the city of Yogyakarta or just Yogya as the local people call it. Karaton means a place where the Ratu-king lives, other word is Kedaton, with the same meaning. In the Javanese teachings, it has a deep philosophical meaning. The 14.000 sq. m of the Karaton Yogya has [...]
1. Candi Borobudur (Borobudur Temple) The Borobodur Temple complex is one of the greatest monuments in the world. It is of uncertain age, but thought to have been built between the end of the seventh and beginning of the eighth century A.D. For about a century and a half it was the spiritual centre of [...]
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.
Istana Bogor is one of 6 Presidential Palaces in Indonesia. It located in Bogor, Java. The original colonial building on the site of Istana Bogor was a mansion named Buitenzorg, which was built from August 1744 as a country retreat for the Dutch Governors, including also a period of British administration. Notable occupants of the [...]
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 [...]
