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Tugu, A Compass in A City

Every city have own symbol. Paris as known as Eiffel, Jakarta known as Monas, Kuala Lumpur known as Petronas Tower also Jogjakarta known as Tugu. It's not just a city statue, but Tugu symbolizes sacred linear connecting ...

History of Jogjakarta, The Drum Band and The Monarchy

It was 18 Celsius in Jogjakarta. At 5 am, just a few people went out from their house. Not much activity in that cold morning. The street was quiet. In the north, there were nebulous sound, came through the mist and ...

Kraton Jogjakarta, A Timeline of Javanese Architecture

27 May 2006, 6.50 am, a 6.5 Richter earthquake hit south Jogjakarta and south Jawa Tengah (Central Java). Thousands house were falling down and damaged, hundreds people died and got bad injured; things were getting out ...

Malioboro, The 24 Hours Street

Jogjakarta is Malioboro, tourists who visit Yogyakarta usually spend their vacation to visit the street. It is being an icon of Jogjakarta, also the busiest tourist destination and business district in Jogjakarta. The ...

Prawirotaman, A Face of Tourist Kampong

Some pedicabs are parking in front of the inn; its steel bodies are colored blue, red, white and yellow. The others are passing away alley, only motorcycle or pedicab can cross the alley. Houses line both sides of the ...

Kotagede, The Old Capital City

In 1575, Ki Ageng Pemanahan established a new empire, named as Mataram Islam, in the middle of a forest. The empire tried to resurrection the Ancient Mataram in a new world order, Mataram Islam. Soon, settlement was ...

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