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The palace was built in 18th century which design using pure Java architectural. Inside the palace we can find two partitions of the palace, first is front verandah called as “Dalem” with its pyramidal architectural shapes and the second is Joglo verandah. Mangkunegaran Palace saving many historical collections include artistic things, heritage things, gamelan and [...]
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 [...]
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.
Prambanan Theatre on the next site of the world heritage archeological park of Prambanan temple is one of the world class arts centers, officially opened on 1990. This architectural icon with its distinctive Prambanan view is sited within Yogyakarta’s civic district, just about 15-30 minutes of down townYogyakarta.
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 [...]
