Kota gedhe

City Gedhe one location is an ancient city and the royal relics and palaces mataram remaining Islamic and well maintained in Yogyakarta, City Gedhe is only 4 kilometers from the center of Jogja. The old town location is little known city called Gedhe, to reach this location is very easy, because almost everyone knows the original Yogya City Gedhe including tour guides course. To take a trip to this Gedhe City using public transportation we can up the bus from the terminal Umbulharjo, and can reach less than 25 minute there. In addition to the ancient city sites listed here are many burns Silver souvenirs made directly by the artisans there. And we can see directly how it burns by silver craftsmen.

Which is identical and unique from the city Gedhe is the number of silversmiths Gedhe fuel around town which relies lives only from these burns silver, and the most interesting is this job is falling down due to the fulfillment of ancient jewelry and other equipment for the needs of the Sultan, his family and Kingdom. So the silversmiths work is a testament handed down by their ancestors, so now we can see the many craftsmen and silver shop there burns Gedhe City sidewalk.

Another characteristic is still maintained until now was the silver work is done manually, so there is a silver goods and sold here have a sale value of high art. Because of the antiquity of these silversmiths hand relies on the skills, which starts from the wrought silver plate slowly and carefully done.

Buildings - old building in the city there is a witness to history Gedhe ever mataram kingdom of Islam, this location is a funeral complex of the Royal Family Gedhe City or the so-called Tomb Sapto Renggono. These buried many rules or restrictions must not be violated by an outsider, one of which is not allowed outsiders to see the graves in the cemetery Sultan and only family and relatives of the kingdom were allowed to enter. This buried lie the founder of the Mataram kingdom was given the title of Penembahan Senopati ancestors or ancestors of the sultans.