Yogyakarta is situated at the foot of a 2,914 meter-high active volcano appropriately called Fire Mountain or Merapi and is the seat of the once mighty Javanese empire of Mataram, Ngayogyakarto Hadiningrat.
The city of about four million people came into being in 1755, when a land dispute split the power of Mataram into the Sultanates of Yogyakarta and Surakarta (Solo).
The Sultan’s Palace or Kraton of Yogyakarta was built by Sultan Hamengku Buwono I at this time and he used it as a focus to build the most powerful Javanese state since the 17th century.
"The Sultan’s Palace is still the hub of Yogyakarta’s traditional life and despite the advance of 20th century modernity, it still radiates the spirit of refinement which has been the hallmark of its art for centuries," according to a website on Yogyakarta.
The palace court with its grand and elegant Javanese architecture lies in the center of the city. It was founded by Prince Mangkubumi in 1755. The prince was then called Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I. He chose the right location of the compound between the Winongo River and the Code River.
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