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Surakarta

Country:
Indonesia
State:
Central Java
City:
Surakarta
Type of Location:
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By Air

Adisumarmo International Airport (airport code: SOC) has direct flights to Kuala Lumpur by Air Asia, Singapore by Silk Air and, during the hajj season, Saudi Arabia, as well as regular flights to Jakarta by Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya Air, Lion Air and Batavia Air.Also since April 2011 there are two new routes: SOC-BDO (Bandung) and SOC-SUB (Surabaya), operated by Sky Aviation.The airport is located 14 km north of the city.Since May 2011, BST (Batik Solo Trans) buses connect the airport to the city.There is also taxicab service. In 2009 Adisumarmo had 2,060 outbound domestic flights and 616 outbound international flights.

By Train

Surakarta has four train stations, Solo Balapan, Purwosari, Solo Jebres and Solo Kota (Sangkrah). Solo Balapan is the largest station in Surakarta and is the junction between Yogyakarta (westward), Semarang (northward) and Surabaya (eastward), while Purwosari is the junction located west of Solo Balapan, and has a connection to Wonogiri (southward).There are several direct lines to other cities, such as Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Madiun and Malang.For regional traffic, a special train connects Surakarta and Yogyakarta the Prameks train.Surakarta is unique because it is the only Indonesian city to still have a street-parallel rail track between Purwosari and Solo Kota, along Jalan Slamet Riyadi, Solo's main road.A heritage railway, called Jaladara, also operates between the two stations.Historically, Purwosari had the junction to Boyolali (westward).In July 26, 2011 the Railbus has been launched to serve Surakarta/Solo-Wonogiri route, but for the moment only Solo-Sukoharjo trackage was ready due to there are 99 bridges should be strenghten between Sukoharjo-Wonogiri.

By Bus

Tirtonadi Terminal is the largest bus terminal in Surakarta.Surakarta is situated on Indonesian National Route 15, which connects it to Yogyakarta and Waru (Sidoarjo).A Semarang-Solo Toll Road is currently under construction.In 2009 the total extent of roadways in the city was 705.34 km: 13.15 km state road, 16.33 km province road and 675.86 km local road.The number of bus companies was 23, and the total number of buses operating was 1,115 intra-provincial buses and 1,107 inter-provincial.In 2010, the government of Surakarta launched a new bus route named Batik Solo Trans (BST), which resembles TransJakarta bus rapid transit service.It has only two routes, the Departure Route (Adisumarmo Airport - Kartasura - Palur) and the Return Route (Palur - Kartasura - Adisumarmo Airport).A single trip costs Rp.3000, Rp.1500 for students.A special ticket for the trip from or to the airport costs Rp.7000.

Key places to visit
Carnival Heritage 1 Suro, Solo Batik Carnival, Surakarta Sultanate Palace, Radya Museum Library, Sangiran Museum, Kalasan Temple, Site Ratu Baka, Sambisari temple

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Carnival Heritage 1 Suro

The event was organized by the Surakarta royal palace and Puro Mangkunegaran it at night before the 1st of Suro.The event was intended to celebrate the Javanese new year 1 Suro. The route taken approximately 3 kms of the palace - North Square - Gladak - Jl. Major Kusmanto - Jl. Captain Mulyadi - Jl. Veterans - Jl. Yos Sudarso - Jl. Slamet Riyadi - Gladak then returned to the palace again. Heirlooms that have the magical power brought by the courtiers who dressed Jangkep Jawi. Kirap who was in front of a group named Kyai Slamet Kebo Bule while the ranks of the carriers of inheritance was behind it.

Solo Batik Carnival

is an annual event organized by the government Surakarta using batik as the main ingredient of making costumes.The participants will create a carnival costume carnival with the themes in the set. Participants will wear their own costumes and walk on the catwalk who are on the road Slamet Riyadi.Carnival is held annually in June since 2008.SBC on 19-20 February 2010 following the Chingay Festival in Singapore and also appeared on the culture party Tong-Tong in The Hague, Netherlands, mid-April 2010.The second carnival was held on June 28, 2009 and by the same route. The theme for 2009 is "Mask" and is followed by about 300 participants who walked along the 4 km.This carnival presents three kinds of traditional masks, which symbolizes the Panji king or queen, who symbolizes the Kelana Ksatriya or giant and Gecul which symbolizes Punakawan or bondsmen.

Surakarta Sultanate Palace

is a palace of Surakarta Kasunanan.This palace was founded by His Majesty Pakubuwono II (Sunan PB II) in the year 1744 as a replacement Palace / Palace Kartasura who ravaged by Geger Chinatown 1743.Last palace of Mataram kingdom was established in the village of Sala (Solo), a small port on the west bank Bengawan (river) Concrete / Sala. After the official palace of the kingdom of Mataram was completed, the village name was changed to Surakarta Sultanate.This palace is also a silent witness to the transfer of sovereignty of Mataram Kingdom by Sunan PB II to the VOC in the year 1749.After the Treaty Giyanti year 1755, the palace was later used as an official palace for Kasunanan Surakarta.In addition to having the splendor of Surakarta palace building also has a priceless cultural heritage.Diantarannya is traditional ceremonies, sacred dances, music and heritage (Heirloom).Is the famous ceremonial Garebeg, Sekaten ceremony and ceremonies Night One Suro. The ceremony which dates back to the kingdom until now is still being implemented and is Indonesia's cultural heritage should be protected from the claims of foreigners.

Radya Museum Library

is a museum located in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.The museum was founded in the reign of Pakubuwono IX by Raden Kanjeng Duke Sosrodiningrat IV in Kepatihan dalem on October 28 1890.Raden Kanjeng Sosrodiningrat IV Duke has served as regent Pakubuwono IX and X Pakubuwono.The museum was then moved to its current location, the Museum building at Jalan Slamet Riyadi Radyapustaka, Surakarta, on January 1st 1913.At that time the museum building was the residence of a citizen of the Netherlands named Johannes Busselaar.On 18 November 2007, Chief Radya Museum Library, KRH Darmodipuro (Mbah Hadi) were detained by the police as a suspect in the disappearance of a number of museum collections, among others, five artificial stone statue of the 4th century and 9 are sold to another party at a price of Rp 80 million -USD 270 million per statue. The investigation revealed that the museum's collection are missing is replaced with fakes.Two days later, police searched a house businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, the brother of Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta and found five statues are missing from the museum.Radya Museum Library has a collection consisting of a variety of statues, inheritance customs, shadow puppets and books of antiquity. Collection of ancient books that are sought that include essays on Wulang Reh Pakubuwono IV whose contents include instructions regarding the administration and Fiber Rama essay poet Surakarta palace named Yasadipura I who told him about the epic Ramayana.

Sangiran Museum

is a museum of archeology which is located in the District Kalijambe, Sragen, the province of Central Java, Indonesia.The museum is adjacent to an area of ancient fossil site Sangiran.Sangiran site has an area reaching 56 km2 covering three districts in Sragen ( Gemolong, Kalijambe and Plupuh ) and the District of Gondangrejo that are in Karanganyar district.Sangiran site is in the Sangiran Dome region, which is part of the depression Solo at the foot of Mount Lawu (17 km from the city of Solo). Sangiran Museum and archaeological sites in addition to being interesting attractions is also the arena of pre-history research on the life of the most important and most comprehensive in Asia, even the world.In museums and sites can be obtained Sangiran complete information about the patterns of early human life in Java which accounts for the development of science such as Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Paleoanthropologi.In this Sangiran site also for the first time discovered fossilized lower jaw Pithecantropus erectus (one species in the taxon Homo erectus) by the German archaeologist, Professor Von Koenigswald.More interestingly, in this same area Sangiran site traces the remains were 2 million years to 200,000 years can still be found up to now. Relatively intact, too. So experts can assemble a common thread of a history that has ever happened in Sangiran sequence.

Kalasan Temple

is a temple which is categorized as a temple of the people of the Buddha found in the village Kalasan, Sleman district, province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.This temple has 52 stupas and be on the side of the highway between Yogyakarta and Solo as well as about 2 km from the temple of Prambanan.At first only Kalasan this temple is found in the area of ​​this site, but when explored in more depth it is found more supporters of building a building around this temple.In addition Kalasan temples and buildings - other support buildings there are also three small temple outside the main temple building, shaped stupa.In the southern part of the temple there are two reliefs of Bodhisattvas, while the roof consists of 3 levels.The roof top there are 8 rooms, two rectangular roof level 8, while the bottom roof-shaped temple square congruent with 20 rooms equipped with every side.

Site Ratu Baka

is an archaeological site which is a complex number of the remaining buildings are located approximately 3 km to the south of the complex of Prambanan, 18 km east of Yogyakarta or 50 km southwest of the city of Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.Complex overall width is about 25 ha.This site displays the attribute as a place of activism or residential site, but the exact function has not been clearly known.Ratu Boko is estimated to have used one in the 8th century during the dynasty Sailendra ( Rakai Panangkaran ) of the Kingdom Medang (Mataram Hindu).Judging from the pattern of laying the remains of the building, allegedly the site is the former palace (the king).This opinion is based on the fact that this complex is not a temple or a building with a religious nature, but rather a fortified castle with evidence of residual dry walls and trenches as defensive structures.The remains of settlements are also found in the vicinity of this site.The site is nominated to the UNESCO to be World Heritage Site since 1995.There are additional buildings at the front gate, the restaurant and open spaces (Plaza Andrawina) that can be used for activities pertemun with a capacity of about 500 people, with a vista to the north (sub-district and Prambanan Mount Merapi ).In addition, the manager provides campsites and trekking, archaeological educational package as well as a tour guide.

Sambisari temple

is a temple of Hindu ( Shiva ) located approximately 12 miles east of the city of Yogyakarta to the city of Solo, or approximately 4 miles before the complex of Prambanan temple.This temple was built in the 9th century in the reign of Rakai Garung at the time of the ancient Mataram kingdom.Position Sambisari temple is located 6.5 meters below the ground surface, most likely because buried under lava from Mount Merapi erupted on a large scale in the early 11th century (probably in 1006 ).This is evident from the many stone materials volcanics around the temple.This temple was discovered in 1966 by a farmer in the village of Sambisari who immortalized the name of the temple and restored in 1986 by the Department of Antiquities.

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September - February
April - July

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