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Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Keraton or Kraton Yogyakarta Sultanate is the official palace of the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, located in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Although the Empire has officially become part of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950, This palace complex still serves as a place to live Sultan, and households of empire are still running the imperial tradition to this day.

Yogyakarta Palace was founded by the Prince Mangkubumi began a few months after Giyanti Agreement (1755) in the region Beringan Forest. This land was considered good enough because flanked by two rivers, so protected from the possibility of flooding. The first king in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta is the Prince Mangkubumi, with the title Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I (HB I).

The location of this palace is the former allegedly pesanggarahan named a Garjitawati. This rest house used to rest funeral procession of kings of Mataram (Kartasura and Surakarta) which will be buried in Imogiri. Another version says the location of the palace is a wellspring, Umbul Pacethokan , who was in the middle of the forest Beringan. Before occupying the palace of Yogyakarta, Sultan Hamengkubuwono I stayed at Pesanggrahan Ambar Ketawang, which now includes the area of Gamping, Sleman District.

This royal palace is now a tourist attraction in the city of Yogyakarta. Part of the palace complex is the Museum which houses various collections of the empire, including a variety of gifts from the kings of Europe, a replica of the palace treasures, and gamelan. In terms of the building, this palace is one example of Javanese palace architecture of the best, has a luxury hall, and field and a large pavilion.

Kraton Yogyakarta sweep between the Tugu (as the northern boundary) and Panggung Krapyak (as the southern boundary), between the River Code in the east and the River Winongo in the west. Between Mount Merapi and the South Sea, Kraton in Javanese thought, defined as the center of the world that is described as the center of the universe.

Physically, the palace of the Sultan of Yogyakarta has seven core complex, namely Siti Hinggil Ler (North Balairung), Kamandhungan Ler (North Kamandhungan), Sri Manganti, Kedhaton, Kamagangan, Kamandhungan Kidul (South Kamandhungan), and Siti Hinggil Kidul (South Balairung). Also Yogyakarta Palace had a variety of cultural heritage in the form of ritual or ancient artifacts and historic.