Ancient Mataram Kingdom in Kota Gede Yogyakarta

Kotagede is often referred to as Sargede located approximately five kilometers southeast of Yogyakarta. In this area, tourists can visit the tomb of the Kings of Mataram as Sutowijoyo or Ngabei Market Loring, founder of the Mataram kingdom which was dubbed Panembahan Senopati. There is also a unique tomb of Ki Ageng Mangir, namely in-law and once the enemy Panembahan Senopati. His body was buried outside the complex.

A hundred yards from the tomb there is a stone called 'Watu Gilang', the stone used by Panembahan Senopati to hit the head of Ki Ageng Mangir to death. For those who want to get into the tomb had to wear traditional clothing that can be rented on the spot. Tomb of Kings in Kotagede open every Monday 10.00 to 12.00, and Friday. There are the graceful gate, a pool full of Clarius Melanodermas and yellow tortoise that has lived hundreds of years, people believed that tortoises are miraculous and sacred tomb complex is located within the wall made of white stone and brick.

Tomb complex is divided into 3 parts, namely mosques, tombs and spring. The mosque is located in the eastern part, tomb on the west and spring in the Southwest. The third section is bounded by a concrete wall and was associated with gates. On the first page there are inscriptions that read: Kanjeng Panembahan Senopati, reigns the kingdom of Mataram, Djinawal Year: 1509 Year AD: 1579, Bury Kotagede addition there are also building called the Hall Duda with. Page Secondly, on this page there are 4 buildings, namely building at the corner of Southeast, Northeast, Northwest and Southwest. Third page, there is the main building which consist of 3 buildings called Prabayaksa Ward, Ward and Ward Tajug Witana.


Ward Prabayaksa a wall-walled buildings in this ward there are 72 graves that are made with white marble material, which include tombs Panembahan Senopati, Krapyak Sedo Sultan, Sultan Sepuh, Prince duke Pakualam I, ki Ageng Mangir, PA II, PA III, and PA IV Special to the tomb of Ki Ageng Mangir, partly outside the building and partially inside the building.

Witana ward, in the ward witana have 4 pieces of marble tomb of the ingredient, which is the tomb of Ki Ageng archery and Ki Ageng Mertani Savior. Ward Tajug, inside the building there are 3 pieces of the tomb, the tomb of Nyai Ageng Nis, Prince Jayaprana and Datuk Palembang. In addition to the main building there is another building with a cupola that a smaller size, which is located on the east of the main building. Cupola contains the tombs of descendants of Prince Pakualam I Jagalan Located in the Village, District Banguntapan, Regency precisely in the southern Bantu Kotagede Market.

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Kaliurang Tours in Yogyakarat or Jogjakarta

Kaliurang

Kaliurang With Mount Merapi Background

Kaliurang is one of the favorite destinations in Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta. Kaliurang is a resort or a resort, located in the province of Yogyakarta, precisely in Sleman district, on the border with Central Java province. Because the cool air in sani then here obtained many villas lodging, most people call it around the homestead. Places most visited by tourists both within and outside the country is Tlaga Princess.

Kaliurang is a tourist place situated in Sleman, Yogyakarta. Ground located at an altitude of ± 878 m above sea level took place in the south of Mount Merapi, or about 25 km from the city of Yogyakarta. The air is cool, between 20 ° -25 ° C, suitable as a place to rest.

You can in Kaliurang see also flock monkey, used as habitat and wildlife protection monkey species.

Places - points of interest that exist in the area of Kaliurang attractions include:

- Play Children Park

Play Park has an area of about 10,000 m² are equipped with facilities such as swings, garden, car - toy for children, teeter - running, and so forth.

- Princess Tlogo

Swimming pool with natural water sources from the slopes of Mount Plawangan.

- Substation Overview

Look substation located on the edge of the famous Kali Boyong because hot clouds affected in 1994. Mount Merapi can be seen clearly by eye in the morning. By the afternoon of Mount Merapi is covered by fog so that visitors can not see Mount Merapi.

- Kaliurang HomeStay History

Wisma Kaliurang is a historic building, which occurred Special Negotiations between the Republic of Indonesia with the Three Nation Commission on January 13, 1948. These negotiations gave birth Minutes Kaliurang Ground. Republic of Indonesia represented by President Soekarno, Vice President Moh Hatta, AM Syahrir and General Sudirman. While the Dutch delegation was represented by Paul Van Zeelan (Belgium), Richard Kirby (Ausralia), and Dr. Frank Graham (USA). In the negotiations, Frank Graham say the popular phrase, namely "You are what you are from bullets to the ballots."

- Hill Turgo and Plawangan

Plawangan Turgo hill and offers beautiful natural scenery and cross country sports arena. Tourists can enjoy the tropical forest that is still neat and old Merapi rocks around 40,000 years old. Dicelah these two hills, the east side and west side Plawangan Turgo been hit by hot clouds on the eruption of November 1994. Here you can also enjoy the beauty and activities of Mount Merapi.

- Observation Post Mount Merapi.

Ground Observation Post located on the south side has an altitude of ± 864 m above sea level. 6.0 km distance from the peak position of geography 7 ° 36.05 'S & 110 ° 25.48' E. There is an earthquake detector called a seismograph. Its function is to monitor the activities of Mount Merapi. In addition, there is the tower with a height of ± 50 meters to see Mount Merapi. In the space observation post, there are pictures - pictures of Mount Merapi eruption and displacement current population around the slopes of Mount Merapi

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Yogyakarata Palace or Better Known as Kraton Yogyakarta

History Keraton Yogyakarta Or Yogyakarta Palace

 Ngayogyakarta which is often referred to as the Yogyakarta Sultanate was established in 1755. Palace building is fenced off Beteng a distance of about 5 km wide. In the four corner points of buildings there Beteng small building and called the corner Beteng. Entrance to the Palace Beteng through what is referred to as plengkung.

Inside the building in addition to existing building Beteng Palace, residence of King, there are a number of surrounding villages as a place of living of the population, which in earlier times the courtiers of the Palace, but in the next stage, until now, people who live in the Palace Beteng not necessarily as a servant dalem, but can people from other ethnic, tribal hobo for example, who resides there because had purchased land and building houses from the previous owner, or, it could be a boarding or contract in Kraton district areas in the neighborhood, in local terms, "njeron Beteng "(in Beteng). Thus, the settlers living in "njeron Beteng"  Kraton is not always related Kraton. Can be completely separated and no ties whatsoever, except only live for having bought land and buildings in the "njeron Beteng".

The names of villages in the "njeron Beteng" has its own history and each is different. It's good if you enjoy.

Layout Palace

The entire area of keratin that we kunungi this is 14 acres, and land area of 14 hectares is divided into 7 sections which consist of:

1. North plaza and Siti North Hinggil

2. North Kemandhungan

3. Page Srimanganti. Sri means King while Manganti mean waiting

4. Kedhaton

5. Kemegangan

6. South Kemandhungan

7. South plaza and Sasono Hinggil

 Spatial meaning Palace

Spatial Palace has 2 parts, namely Ward Kenchington and Prabayeksa Building. Kencana Ward serves as the great meeting place such as marriage, circumcision and kosher gatherings, ceremonies penyemayaman sultan's body, as well as for entertaining guests great. Meanwhile, House Prabayeksa serves as a place to save the heritage palace which is a dagger, Bomba and others. Prabayeksa building is open every month of Sura, where the heirlooms are washed palace.

Function places at Palace

In general, the Palace has a number of places that have different functions. Number of places contained in this palace is 8 places, namely:

1. North plaza serves as a gym warrior.

2. Siti North Hinggil serves as a place of inauguration of the King.

3. North Kemandhungan serves as a place for soldiers to gather.

4. Srimanganti. As has been said before, Srimanganti consists of two words that mean the king and Sri Manganti which means waiting. Therefore Srimanganti serves as the living room in antiquity, but its function has changed now. Now, Srimanganti used as a place of art in which every person can watch puppet who is held every Sunday, shadow puppets are held every Wednesday, and puppet show.

5. Kedhaton serves as the residence of King along with his family.

6. Kemegangan taken from the word drink tea and serves as the royal kitchen.

7. South Kemandhungan serves as a place of sport archery. Because this field is used as a place of sport archery, then this place is also often used as a place to hold the archery competition.

8. South Hinggil Sasono serves as a place to hold leather puppet.

9. South plaza serves as a gathering place of soldiers

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Ngasem Birds Market The Full Charm

Ngasem Birds Market a Destination That is Very Attractive to The Tourists

Ngasem Bird Market

 The appeal of the tourism sector in Yogyakarta is not just there at Palace, Malioboro, or the old historic buildings are scattered in the region, but also in places that are used by communities in daily activities. One of the location of Yogyakarta people running activities as well as one of the legendary tourist sites are Ngasem market. Ngasem market is a traditional market that specialized in selling pets, especially birds. But in addition to birds there are also other pets for sale, including rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, cats, raccoons, monkeys, chickens, turtles, lizards, geckos, iguanas, mice, crickets and even snakes.

 
Historically, the area was once a lake Ngasem market that is often used berpelesir II lane, looking at the beauty of the palace from outside the fort. However, many times walking the lake was converted to settlements and in the middle of the village into a market that specialized in selling birds.

 Ngasem market itself can also give important information on what is considered prestigious in the past. After the horse as a means of transportation and dagger as a weapon, the bird is in third place as a measure of social status.

As a new concept now Ngasem bird markets have been moved from castle to Dongkelan. Bird Market Ngasem this new more organized Neat, cool, and Green, and was impressed like seeing animals plantation house. This new concept for making the domestic and foreign wisatwan more able to enjoy what they want. Because of this Ngasem Bird Market is increasingly becoming an attraction for the tourists who come and visit Yogyakarta.

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MALIOBORO AND BERING HARJO MARKET

History Malioboro in Yogyakarta Or Jogjakarta

 Malioboro name comes from Sanskrit meaning wreath. Perhaps, this street is always filled with flowers during certain celebrations or ceremonies. Malioboro 1980. Malioboro ancient atmosphere still feels to still the establishment of buildings and old buildings relic Netherlands. Malioboro 2000. Renovation of new buildings to make old-fashioned romance Malioboro becoming less pronounced. Malioboro is now a modern and Malioboro chaotic. But Malioboro still make nostalgic.


Malioboro as tourism and shopping streets

Malioboro area as one of the prime shopping area of the city of Yogyakarta, is supported by the presence of shops, restaurants, shopping centers, and do not miss the street vendors limanya. For shopping, shopping centers and restaurants are actually the same as the business and shopping centers in other large cities, which splender with big-name brands and there are also local names. Traded goods from imported and local goods, from daily necessities to electronics goods, furniture and so forth. It also provides various handicrafts, such as batik, wayang, webbing, bags and so forth. There is also a foreign currency exchange, banks, five star hotel up to the type of jasmine.

Malioboro hustle and splendor can not be separated from the many vendors who lined up along Malioboro street hawking wares, almost everything on offer are items / objects of Jogja as a souvenir / gift for tourists. They traded handicrafts typical of Jogjakarta, among others rattan Wibing handicrafts, leather, batik, silver, bamboo and others, in the form of batik clothes, leather bags, leather shoes, rattan ornament, leather puppets, bamboo key chains, spoons / forks silver, blangkon Batik [a kind of typical cap Yogyakarta / Java], t-shirts with various models / writing and many others. The vendors are there who hold wares on the table, cart only those that hold the plastic on the floor. So when a visitor busy Malioboro enough alone among visitors will jostle each other because of the narrowness of the road for the pedestrians as it is quite dense and the number of traders on the right and left.

 No wonder this region has always been excellent for domestic and foreign tourists. No wonder this region has always been excellent for domestic and foreign tourists. Many unique and interesting that we can enjoy this area of Malioboro, besides we can see the historic buildings along the road this malioboro we can also enjoy a rickshaw and Andong.

Malioboro is not separated from the Bering Harjo market which is a historic shopping tour that is still one road to Malioboro. Bering Harjo market in Indonesia is not only famous as a historic market but also to the International. So no wonder that many tourists who always made time to be the know about the Bering Harjo market.


Pedicab, Andong And Bering Harjo Market

Bering Harjo Market

  No wonder this region has always been excellent for domestic and foreign tourists. No wonder this region has always been excellent for domestic and foreign tourists. Many unique and interesting that we can enjoy this area of Malioboro, besides we can see the historic buildings along the road this malioboro we can also enjoy a rickshaw and Andong.

Malioboro is not separated from the Bering Harjo market which is a historic shopping tour that is still one road to Malioboro. Bering Harjo market in Indonesia is not only famous as a historic market but also to the International. So no wonder that many tourists who always made time to be the know about the Bering Harjo market.

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Traditional Grebeg Kraton Jogjakarta

Traditional Grebeg In Yogyakarta

Ketanggungan Soldier Kraton Yogyakarta

Kraton Ngayogjakarta Sawal Hadiningrat annually on a tradition held in the Javanese calendar Grebeg Ramadhan (Sawal), marking the day of victory after the fasting month of Ramadan. This year Ramadhan Grebeg implemented in a Java Calendar Sawal coincided Ehe 1 Syawal.

Garebeg is a tradition as the embodiment Hadiningrat Ngayogjakarta Kraton Sultan alms to the people who disimbolisasikan with Gunungan containing vegetables among long beans, chili and so forth. In addition to this Ramadhan Grebeg, Kraton Yogya also held to commemorate Maulud Grebeg Maulud Prophet Muhammad and Grebeg on Big Eid al-Adha.


This traditional ceremony has turned out hundreds of years old is still widespread public acclaim, proved thousands of citizens crowded the Yogya Kraton Performances and along the route to the mosque yard Kauman Gede. Not least, dozens of foreign tourists witnessed the ceremony enthusiastically.

Gunungan Grebeg

Shawwal Grebeg procession started around 10:00 pm, beginning with the carnival 8 bregodo (soldier) of Kraton Yogya Siti Hinggil toward North Square, in front of the gates of the Palace Exhibition. Eighth was the Wirobrojo bregodo, Daheng, Patangpuluh, Jagakarya, Prawiratama, Ketanggung, Mantrijero and Nyutra.  Palace soldier was taken from the names of existing villages in the region of Yogyakarta or in accordance with the name of its territory. Commander of the soldiers or Manggalayudha followed GBPH Yudhaningrat put myself in the middle row of bregodo as master of ceremonies.


Furthermore, a Mount Jaler (Male) carried out dozens of servants in the palace of the palace accompanied by the Bugis and Surakarsa Bregodo. Arriving in front of the Exhibition, was greeted by a volley shot bregodo court previously had marched in formation.

Nyutro Soldier Is Arrow Troop

The convoy then drove to Mount Gede Kauman Mosque yard west of the North Square of Sultan of Yogya. Hundreds of visitors have been waiting to abduct a blessing from the Mount that, after a brief ritual in front of the mosque, residents spontaneously ngerayah or scramble the contents of the mountains.


Some parents consider when managed to get the contents of the mountains will give a blessing in itself. There are also some teenagers who go fight but they seem to simply dissolve in the crowd..

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Taman Sari Yogyakarta The Clasic Bulding Of Sultan

Taman Sari or Water Castel

Formerly Tamansari was a recreation garden or a resting house for the Sultan and Family. The other resting houses including Warungboto, Manukberi, Ambarbingun, and Ambarrukmo functioned for the vacation and meditation for the royal family. The other function is used as hiding place for royal family to defend against the enemy assault.

Tamansari is located about 2 km south of Yogyakarta Palace. Built by Portuguese architect in European aquatic construction adorned with Javanese Symbolize ornaments. Tamansari was built in the Sultan Hamengku Buwono I period in the end of XVII Century. Tamansari not only just a recreation, but it's also a compound of bathing pool, canals, rooms and extremerly large swimming pool (if the canals opened).

The Tamansari complex consist of:

   1. The Sacred Room
      There is the sacred place in the complex showing a separated building, which once functioned as a hermitage place for the Sultan and his family.

   2. The Bathing Pool
      This part was formerly a pleasure place for the royal family. Consists of two bathing pool that are separated with a 2-storey building. From this building the Sultan watched all the women swimming in the outer pool. Then he might ask some of them to accompany him into the inner pool. The water sprouts from a forming animal statue into the pool. The pool is also adorned with some big flowerpot.

Water Castel or Bathing Pool

   3.Kenanga or Cemeti Island
      This part compounds of some building such as Kenanga or Cemeti Island (forming Island), Sumur Gemuling and underground tunnels.

      This artificial island is a high building used as resting room and reconnoitering place. This will be the only building surfaced when the canals opened and the water over flew this area. From the higher place it like lotus floating in the middle of big pool.

      Sumur Gemuling is building constructed in circle such a well (Javanese: sumur) where some rooms formerly used as praying room.

 The tunnels in this area were underground passageways to the Sultan palace. The legend says about secret tunnel connecting to the south sea (Indian Ocean) where Nyai Roro Kidul or the Queen of the South has her palace. The supernatural Queen becomes the wife of Yogyakarta Sultan for many generations. This secret tunnels is gateway to the world where the Sultan meeting is supernatural wife. However the building also functioned as a hiding place for the royal family against the enemy attack.

Tamansari is an interesting place to visit. Besides the location is very closed to the Sultan palace, Tamansari has it owned speciality in attraction reflecting in some unimpaired ancient building and its atmosphere as the main tourist object of Yogyakarta.

There is Masjid Sokotunggal, a unique mosque with a single pillar that is different from Javanese traditional architecture. Although built in the early of XX century, the mosque gives another attraction of this area. Kampung Taman that lies in the Tamansari complex nearby known for the batik craft. Visitor can buy or watch handmade process for both batik painting and batik clothes. Therefore people from all over Indonesia and abroad have visited this village. Not for from Tamansari is Ngasem traditional market, the biggest bird market in Yogyakarta. All of those attractions have made Tamansari become one of main tourist object in Yogyakarta besides Yogyakarta palace.

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