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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.
Dieng Plateau located on Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia, situated around 2000 m above sea level and 100 km from Borobudur or northwest of Yogyakarta. The name “Dieng” means “abode of the gods.” There the visitor can find restarted temples build around year 800, colorful lakes and steaming ones.
When Merapi is active and the fog does not cover it, you will be able to see lowing magma pouring out of the mountain directing to the upper reaches of Krasak iver. The bright red color of magma will look so bright in contrast with the dark. Last January 2006, tens of tourists enjoyed this [...]
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 [...]
Born in Yogyakarta with a GRM Dorojatun on April 12, 1912, Hamengkubuwono IX is the son of Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII and Queen Raden Maya Kustilah. At the age of 4 years Hamengkubuwono IX lived apart from his family. He was educated in HIS school in Yogyakarta, MULO schoolin Semarang, and AMS school in Bandung, he [...]
The Prambanan temple is the biggest and a most beautiful Hindu. Located 17 kilometers east of Yogyakarta, locally known as the Loro Jongrang temple, or the temple of the “Slender Virgin” it is reputed to be the biggest and most beautiful Hindu Temple in Indonesia. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
