Keraton

Keraton has existed since 1755. Keraton was a palace where the king and the queen live. Now, Keraton has changed a lot. At first, alun-alun and pojok beteng were included in Keraton's territory, and plengkung was the gate to enter Keraton. Keraton was arounded by a castle, and in every corner of those castle there are a small chamber, called 'pojok beteng', it was still exist till now.
Hamengkubowono I was the architect of Keraton's palace. Its even got some recognition from other country too.
We can see Keraton from the front of Vrederburg castle and if we walk from Malioboro street to north we would end in Keraton. At first Keraton's territory was as wide as 14.000 sq. m. But since there are many building that keep building, Keraton's territory was decreased.

Now Keraton was open for public, visitor was permitted to explore the inner of Keraton. We can know what the place of king and queen live look like. The inner of the Keraton display many ancient things, since it was open for public it now more look like a museum. Inside the museum there are imitation of some sacred heirlooms, present from foreign country, the carriage that used by the royal family, gamelan (traditional instrument from Java), and the photos of the royal family member, and the family tree.

In Keraton there are some ritual ceremony held, there are the commemoration of 1st Suro (the name of month in Javanese calendar), Labuhan ceremony that held every 30th of Rajab (also the name of month in Javanese calendar) in South sea, and garebeg ceremony that held every 3 years. All that cultures always inherited generation by generation, they still maintained till now.