Yogyakarta Indonesia Java Destination

YOGYAKARTA is a town in Indonesia Java Destination and Yogyakarta section is ranked as one of the best preserved cities and towns in Java, the most interesting, and is a major center of classical Javanese art of batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry and puppet shows. The bottom line is the family's first Yogya, Hamengkubuwonos, an elegant palace in downtown Yogyakarta strange old city, the Palace, itself hidden behind the high walls of the palace. Tourists flock here, not only attracted by the beautiful city polite, but also by the surrounding temples of Prambanan and Borobudur, so there are more hotels in Yogyakarta than in other places in Java and, unfortunately, that line with the large number of touts, pickpockets and con.

Yogyakarta grew out of the dying embers of a once-great dynasty of Mataram. Year 1752, the kingdom of Mataram, and then based on the Solo, was in turmoil Third Javanese War of Succession. Power susuhunan, Pakubuwono II, has increasingly lost power in the face of a revolt by his brothers, and Mangkubumi Singasari, and the sultan's nephew, Mas Said. To try to change the tide, Pakubuwono persuaded to switch sides Mangkubumi and defend the courts, offers more control than three thousand households in the city in return. Mangkubumi agree, but the sultan and then deny the deal. In a rage, went to court Mangkubumi establish itself. Yogyakarta Thus was born, and crowned himself Sultan Hamengkubuwono I. Mangkubumi He spent the next 37 years to build a new capital, with the Palace as the center and the court in Solo as a blueprint. By the time he died in 1792, exceeding Solo area. After his death, however, Yogyakarta sultanate into a free fall and spent most of the nineteenth century to concentrate on artistic pursuits than saber-rattling. In 1946, the new capital of the Republic of Indonesia states moved to Yogyakarta from Jakarta, and the Palace became the unofficial headquarters for the republican movement. With the financial and military support of Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Yogyakarta became the nerve center of indigenous forces. Today, more than fifty years of the War of Independence, Yogyakarta royal family continue to enjoy almost as slaves devotion of his people and the current sultan, Hamengkubuwono X, is one of the most influential politician in this country. still many more places in Indonesia java international destination and may the Touris happy to come back to visit.