Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace

Ngayogyakarta Palace or Keraton Yogyakarta (Java language: hanacaraka, ꧋ꦏꦫꦡꦺꦴꦟ꧀ꦔ ꦪꦺꦴꦓꦾꦑꦂꦡ ꦲꦢꦶꦟꦶꦁꦫꦡ꧀꧉, Karatons Ngayogyakarta) is the official palace of Yogyakarta Sultanate is now located in the city of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Although the empire has officially become part of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950, the building complex of this palace still serves as a sultan and his court of households who are still running the empire tradition until today. 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 the palace heirlooms, and gamelan. Terms of the building, this palace is one example of Javanese palace architecture of the best, has the luxury halls and courts and pavilion area.Keraton Yogyakarta began to be established by the lane the first few months after the Agreement Giyanti in 1755. The location of this palace is reputedly a former pesanggarahan named Garjitawati. Guesthouse was used to break the funeral procession of kings of Mataram (Kartasura and Surakarta) to be buried in Imogiri. Another version mentions the location of the palace is a spring, Pacethokan Bannerman, who is in the middle of the woods Beringan. Prior to occupy the Palace of Yogyakarta, Sultan Hamengkubuwono I stayed at Guesthouse Amber Ketawang which now includes the District Gamping Sleman.

Physically, the palace of the Sultan of Yogyakarta has seven core complex that is Siti Hinggil LER (North Hall), Kamandhungan Ler (North Kamandhungan), Sri Manganti, Kedhaton, Kamagangan, Kamandhungan Kidul (South Kamandhungan), and Siti Hinggil Kidul (South Balairung). In addition, Sultan of Yogyakarta has a variety of cultural heritage in the form of the ceremony and ancient objects and historic. On the other hand, 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 Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace Complex was nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.