Monday 7 July 2014

Royal Palace of Yogjakarta, Central Java

Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat 

(Ngayogyakarta Palace)



Ngayogyakarta Palace or Yogyakarta Palace is the official palace of the Sultanate Ngayogyakarta is now located in the city of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Although the sultanate has officially become part of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950, this palace building complex still serves as a residence sultan and the palace household sultanate tradition still runs to this day. This palace is now also one of the attractions in the city of Yogyakarta. Most of the palace complex is a museum that holds various collections belonging to the empire, including a variety of gifts from the kings of Europe, a replica of heritage palace, and gamelan. In terms of the building, this palace is one example of Javanese palace architecture at its best, has a luxurious hall-hall and the pavilion and broad field. 

SULTAN PALACE 

Sultan Palace began to be established by the lane I few months post Giyanti Agreement in 1755. Locations This palace is reputedly a former Pesanggarahan named Garjitawati. This building is used to break the funeral procession of the kings of Mataram (Kartasura and Surakarta) which will be buried in Imogiri. Another version states the location of the palace is a fountain, Pacethokan Bannerman, who is in the middle of the woods Beringan. Before assuming the Sultan Palace, lane I dwell in Houses Amber Ketawang which now includes the District of Sleman Regency Limestone. 
Physically, the palace of the Sultan of Yogyakarta has seven core complex is Siti Hinggil Ler (North Hall), Kamandhungan Ler (North Kamandhungan), Sri Manganti, Kedhaton, Kamagangan, Kamandhungan Kidul (South Kamandhungan), and Siti Hinggil Kidul (South Hall). Moreover Sultan Palace has a good variety of cultural heritage in the form of ceremonial or ancient objects and historic. On the other hand, the Sultan Palace is also a traditional institution complete with customary holders. It is therefore not surprising that the values ​​of philosophy as well as mythology surrounds Yogyakarta Palace. And that is why in 1995 the palace complex Ngayogyakarta nominated to be one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

TAMAN SARI


Taman Sari or Taman Sari Yogyakarta Sultan Palace is the former site of a park or garden palace of Yogyakarta Palace, which can be compared with the Bogor Botanical Gardens Bogor Palace. This garden was built in the time of the lane I (HB I) in 1758-1765/9. Initially, the park which claims the title of "The Fragrant Garden" has an area of more than 10 hectares with about 57 buildings in the form of the building, bathing pool, hanging bridges, water canals, and artificial lakes and man-made islands along the hallway under water. The gardens were used effectively between 1765-1812 is the first complex stretches from southwest to southeast complex Kedhaton Magangan. But this time, the remains of part of Taman Sari, which can be seen only located in southwestern Kedhaton complex alone. 


That said, Taman Sari, built in the former palace of old, Houses Garjitawati, which was established by His Majesty Pakubowono II as a resting place of the carriage will go to Imogiri. As the leader of the Taman Sari development projects instituted Tumenggung Mangundipuro. The entire cost of construction incurred by the Regent of Madiun, Tumenggung Prawirosentiko, besrta all of his people. Therefore the Madison area exempt from taxation. In the midst of the leadership development project was taken over by Prince Notokusumo, after Mangundipuro resigned. Although officially a royal garden, but a miraculous existing buildings indicates Taman Sari serves as the last bastion if the castle was attacked by the enemy. It is said that one of the architects of this garden is a Portuguese empire better known as Demat Tegis. 

Taman Sari complex can be divided into at least 4 parts. The first part is an artificial lake located in the west. The next section is a building located in the south of the artificial lake, among others Baths Binangun Bannerman. The third part is Pasarean Ledok Sari and Garjitawati pool located in the southern part of the second. The last part is the east part of the first and second parts and extends eastward to the southeast complex Magangan

 ALUN - ALUN KIDUL (South Square) 
South Square (South) is a square in the southern part of Yogyakarta Palace. South Square is often referred to as Pengkeran. Pengkeran derived from the word pengker (form manners) of buri (rear). This is consistent with the square keletakan Kidul is located behind the palace. The square is surrounded by a square wall which has five arches, one fruit on the south side and on the east and west sides of each of the two pieces. 
Between the north and the south gate on the west side there is ngGajahan an elephant enclosure to maintain the Sultan. All around the square planted with mango trees (Mangifera indica; family Anacardiaceae), pakel (Mangifera sp; family Anacardiaceae), and kuini (Mangifera odoranta; family Anacardiaceae). Banyan tree there are only two pairs. Pair in the middle of the square is called Chopsticks Urang (literally = claw shrimp) and a pair of left and right again on the south side of the gate called Wok (from the word Bewok, harfiaf = beard). From the south side of the gate there is a road that connects with Plengkung Ivory Nirbaya

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