Lying in the shadow of the aptly named “Fire Mountain” (2914 meter-high active volcano, Mt. Merapi) is the seat of the once mighty Javanese Empire of Mataram, Ngayogyakarto Hadiningrat. Yogyakarta (Yogya) came into being in 1755, when a land dispute split the power of Mataram into the Sultanates of Yogyakarta and Surakarta (Solo). Prince Mangkubumi[…]
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Sultan Palace Yogyakarta or better known as Kraton Yogyakarta, is the palace of the Sultan of Yogyakarta, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X. Sultanate Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, formerly a royal sovereign, and since 1945, by Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, otherwise joined the Republic of Indonesia. Currently Sultanate of Yogyakarta is the center of the preservation of Javanese culture in[…]
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When a traveler is browsing in Kraton, then she/he should not miss The Water Castle or known as Taman Sari, less than 1 Km west of Kraton. Just west of the Kraton, are the ruins, pools, arches and underground passages of the former pleasure gardens. It was built in 1758 by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I as[…]
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