Perjuangan Museum

This museum is situated in Kolonel Sugiono Street. It is a cylindrical building, uniquely roofed in the shape of a crown with its outer walls portray relief about the history of Indonesian's struggle for independence before and after the Declaration of Independence in August 17st, 1945. The collection consists of historical articles during the time of the revolution for independence.

Sonobudoyo Museum

The Sonobudoyo museum is situated on the northern side of the north square (Alun-alun Utara) of Sultan's Palace. It was built in 1935 with a Javanese architecture. The architecture of the gateway resembles to the entrace of the mosque in Kudus Town especially in the construction of pathway to the auditorium, and the main joglo structure that connected. Kudus is the most ancient town in the island of Java besides Kotagede. Sonobudoyo has the second most complete collection of cultural artefacts after the central museum in Jakarta. Visitor can observe ceramics from the Neolithic age, original eight and ninth century statues and bronze-articles collected form temple in Central Java, various kinds of puppets, masks, and wayang (puppet or shadow-play), to heirlooms and artefacts from Bali. Sonobudoyo museum also has an interesting library that keeps various collections of ancient boojs related to Javanes culture.

Tugu Monument

One of the monuments that stand as a silent witness to Yogyakarta's development is called Tugu, which means column.The original Tugu was actually built to commemorate the establishment of Ngayogyakarta Sultanate in 1755. It was collapsed once, and replaced by a new form of construction shaped differently from the former cylindrical Tugu.

Leading southward from Tugu towards the Sultans's Palace is the Pangeran Mangkubumi Street pass the railroad station. Both sides of the streets are decorated with artistic lamps, and beautifully arranged small parks. in the old days, the Malioboro Street famously known as a defence base for the Indonesia guerrila fighters in the struggle for independence against the Dutch. Nowadays, the Malioboro Street is well known as gathering place for many creative artists and craftsmen. At night, this main street is always crowded with people selling Yogyakarta's exotic cuisine called GUDEG, and of course other Javanese food. Customers can sit and relax on a mat, while enjoying their meal in Javanese tradition

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Kotagede Royal Cemetry

Kotagede, which is often, called Sargede lies about five km southeast of Yogyakarta. In this old-city, tourist can visit the cemetery of the Mataratam Kings like Sutowijoyo, also known as Ngabei Loring Pasar the founder of the Mataram kingdom who was then called Panembahan Senopati. There is also the uniqe tomb of Ki Ageng Mangir. He was Panembahan Senopati's son in law and his enemy at the same time. His body was buried outside the complex. A hundred meters away from the tomb, there is a stone called "Watu Gilang", the stone on which Panembahan Senopati smashed the head of Ki Ageng Mangir to dead.
Those who want to go inside the cemetry have to wear traditional clothes that one can hire there. Kotagede Royal Cemetry opens on Monday at 10 Am- 12Am, and at 01.30 Pm- 04.00 Pm on Friday. In addtion to cemetry, there are "graceful gates" ponds will be full of Clarius Melenodermas and yellow turtle. This turtle is hundred years of age and also had believed as a sacred miraculous turtle.

Taman Sari Water Castle

Taman Sari means beautiful park. It is about ten minutes walk from the Sultan's Palace south-west ward. Sultan Hamengku Buwono 1 in 1757 built this park. He created a new style that was a combination and a mixture of javanese and Portuguese architcture. Taman Sari was once beautiful and sophisticated water-park. The area around the park eastward to the city quarters called "Kampung Segaran" was once full of water. This place is now called Suryoputran. Segaran is Javanese word means a man-made ocean or an artificial sea. Every time the Sultan visited the park, he went there by rowing a private canoe through the suspension bridge called "Kreteg Gantung" which lay in front of the Palace gate, southward or northward of Kemandungan. The remained building that was once connected by the suspension bridge can still be seen nowdays. Beside water, there was also an underground passage or alley the Sultan Palace leading to one of the park buildings which is called Pasarean Ledok Sari. The castle once has a place for relaxation and entertainment as well, a uniqe mechanism of defence.

Monument of March 1st

Monumen 1 Maret or Monument of March 1st is located on Panembahan Senopati Street, exactly next to Fort (Benteng) Vredeburg. And was constructed to comme- morate the total offensive attack on March 1st, 1949 (Serangan Oemoem 1 Maret 1949) when Indonesian guerrilla fighters succeeded in reoccupying Yogyakarta for 6 hours in order to prove the world that Indonesians still possess power to keep struggle for independence against the Dutch colonial. This historical event known as "The Six Hours in Yogyakarta" (Enam Jam di Yogyakarta)
was successfully commanded by young Colonel Soeharto former 2nd President of Republic of Indonesia. As follow-up, both parties (Dutch and Indonesia) held further diplomatic talks in the Round Table Conference ( KMB) at Den Haag.

Benteng Vredeburg

Benteng Vredeburg (lit.Vredeburg fort) is situated exacity face to face with Gedung Agung. The Dutch colonial built in 1765 during the domination. I t was built in order to anticipate the cannon shot from the Sultan's troops. Its function was also to protect the occupation of the Dutch Residence. This fort is surrounded by moats that still can be seen until now.The fort is rectangular-shaped, with kind of citadel (bastions) on its four corner, which enable Dutch's soldier to walk around and aim a good shot. From the base of the cannon on the southern bastions, visitors may enjoy wonderful views Sultan's Palace and other historical buildings around, and certainly the busy traffic of Yogyakarta. The fort can be reach on foot the centre of the municipality.

Kraton Yogyakarta

The Sultan's Palace, or Kraton, with its grand and elegan Javanese architecture, lay in the centre of the city. It was founded by Pangeran Mangkubumi in 1775, whose the son, the prince, was then called Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I. He choose the right place for the site of the building, right between Winongo River and Code River a swamp area that dried up then. The Sultan's palace stretches from north to south. The front yard of the Palace is called Alun-alun Utara (NorthSquare) and the back yard called Alun-alun Selatan (South Square). The design of this historical building demonstates that the Palace, the obelisk (theTugu, the column) and Mount Merapi positioned in one line. It is believed that the axis is blessed. In the old-time, Sri Sultan is used to concentrate his mind along this axis before leading a meeting, making decision or giving order to his people.