WELCOME TO SOLO

  
Welcome To Solo

Solo or Surakarta is a city located in the State of Indonesia. Solo City has the slogan "Solo The Spirit Of Java". Solo City is one city in Indonesia that have a value of History and Culture of High value. This is because in the city of Solo there are two Palace. Namely Kasunan Palace and the Palace Mangkunegaran. As well as a warm-hearted city of Solo is also famous for its batik and art.

Kasunan Surakarta Palace

Kasunan Surakarta Palace is located in the center of the city of Solo, this palace was built in 1743 until the year 1745. Kasunan Surakarta palace building construction using teak wood. Visit Solo palace can be seen from the front of the old city layout typical Java: a palace building which is surrounded by the plaza, Klewer Market, and Aung Mosque of Surakarta. Entering the front of the palace, there are buildings and a Sumewa Sasana from bronze cannon named Kiai Rancawara. Inside the palace there is also a museum called the Museum Keraton Surakarta Sultanate. In this museum there are heritage objects Kasunan Surakarta Palace and several temples fragments found in Central Java. The collection among other courtiers cooking utensils, ancient weapons used by the royal family, as well as art equipment, train golden, oversized hat Paku Buwana VI, VII Buwana Paku, and Paku Buwana X. In addition to Surakarta Sultanate Palace Museum there is a smooth stretch of sand taken from Mount Merapi and Parangkusumo Beach.

The following photographs of the Palace of Surakarta Kasunan.

Mangkunegaran Surakarta Palace

Mangkunegaran Surakarta Palace in the center of the city of Solo.Mangkunegaran palace built by Raden Mas Said on March 13, 1757. Building Mangkunegaran Palace is a blend of European buildings with building Java.
Mangkunegaran Palace consists of two main parts, namely Dalem Hall and surrounded by the residence of the royal family. The eastern part, called the Bale Peni, used for residential son / prince. The west is called Bale Warni, used for shelter daughter - daughter.
Mangkunegaran marquee measuring 3500 square meters and can accommodate five to ten thousand people, for years considered the marquee of the largest in Indonesia. Wooden pillars supporting the roof-shaped square joglo taken from trees growing in forests in the hills Mangkunegaran Wonogiri. The entire building was set up without using nails. In this hall there are four sets of gamelan, a set of gamelan in use on a regular basis and the other three sets of gamelan is used only in a special ceremony.
Palace Mangkunegaran In addition there are also many priceless treasures and a wonderful collection, mostly derived from Majapahit (1293 - 1478) and Mataram (1586 - 1755) period of the empire, classical mask dance, puppet man (dance drama), clothing, leather puppets and wooden puppets, religious statues, jewelry and antiques and heirloom-inheritance is not counted value.

The following photographs of the Palace of Surakarta Mangkunegaran.