Thursday, July 14, 2011

Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat (The Sultans Palace)


Kraton Yogyakarta was founded in 1756 by Prince Mangkubumi (Hamengkubu lane I) as the center of the kingdom Ngayogyakarta. At first, the location of the Palace is now a swamp area called Bannerman Pacethokan, which later developed into a guesthouse Ayodya.
The architecture of this palace is the Sultan Hamengkubuwono I himself, who was the founder of the Sultanate Ngayogyakarta. His expertise in the field of architecture regarded by scientists Dutch - Dr.Pigeund and Dr.Adam who regard it as the "architect of the civil Pakubuwono II Surakarta".

The building of the Palace is a spacious fenced Beteng distance of about 5 Km. At the four corner points Beteng existing buildings and small buildings called Beteng corner. The entrance to the Palace Beteng through what is referred to as Plengkung. Inside the building there besides Beteng Palace building, residence of King, there are a number of surrounding villages as a place of living of the population, which in earlier times a palace courtiers, but in the next stage, until now, people who live in the Kraton Beteng not necessarily as a servant dalem, but can someone from another ethnic, tribal Batak for example, who resides there because the building had bought the house from the ground following the previous owner, or, it could be boarding or contract in Kraton district area in the environment, in local terms, "njeron Beteng "(in Beteng). Thus, the settlers living in "njeron Beteng" Kraton Kraton is not always related. Can be completely separated and no strings attached, except living because it has bought the land following the existing buildings on the "njeron Beteng".

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

Yogyakarta Palace Complex is opened every day for the general public from 07:30 to 13:00 o'clock, except on Fridays until 12.00 pm. To enter a repair ticket with a value: Adults: USD 2000.00, 1000.00 USD if you want to photograph and $ 2000.00 if you want to record.

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