Natural Beauty of Indonesia | part 14 {History and beauty of Solo city}
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Before determining the right choice for a vacation, you should first look at the places to visit. And if it is possible, do not forget also to pay attention to the inn or hotel that will be a resting place. That way, your vacation will be more comfortable and enjoyable.
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Background Solo City
Solo is a city name in Central Java. The city is still very thick with Javanese culture. It is no stranger if the hospitality of the people of Solo is so famous and even a distinctive feature of this city. The history of the city of Solo, formerly the city was once colonized by the Dutch precisely in 1950, at that time Solo entered the Surakarta Residency area consisting of the city of Solo / Surakarta, Sukoharjo, Boyolali, Wonogiri, Sragen and Klaten.
Most solo city residents work as batik and wayang craftsmen so for those of you who want to hunt batik, please just come to this city, even you can also make their own batik while visiting Solo. Besides famous for its batik and its still thick culture, Solo is also famous for its beautiful natural beauty. There are many Solo tourist attractions that you can visit, ranging from waterfall tours, museums, temples, city parks and many more other attractions.
Then what are the tourist attractions in Solo? Well, below we present information about the Most Popular and Interesting Tourist Places. Let's just we see the information.
1. SUKUH TEMPLE
The list of the first Solo Tourism Site is Sukuh Temple. This temple is a popular tourist spot located east of the city of Solo or precisely in the Karanganyar region. For the first time visited this place may be a little porn because Sukuh Temple is often referred to as a sordid temple because there are many statues and reliefs that display vital organs. If you are curious and want to come to this place, you can travel about 1 hour from downtown Solo and this Sukuh temple is located in the mountain Lawu that has a height of about 1186 meters above sea level.
The history of the discovery of Sukuh Temple itself was first reported during the reign of the famous United Kingdom in the land of Java in 1815 by Johnson, Resident of Surakarta. At that time Johnson was given the task by Thomas Stanford Raffles to collect data for the purposes of writing his book "The History of Java". After the end of British rule around 1842, Van der Vlis, (Dutch archaeologist) and then do research. The first restoration began in 1928.
Until now Sukuh Temple is still a relic site and tourist attractions of Solo are in demand by tourists. For those of you who plan to visit the Temple Sukuh, maybe later will be a little difficult because it must pass a fairly complicated road, otherwise, you will pass a fairly steep climb because this temple is located on the slopes of Mount Lawu. So before leaving should be ensured that the vehicle will be brought in normal circumstances and ready for combat.
2. BATIK MUSEUM
Museum Batik Danar Hadi is one of the tourist attractions located on Jl Slamet Riyadi or Solo City main street. The museum was founded in 1967 until now Danar Hadi has a variety of quality batik collections. Batik-batik comes from various areas, some types of batik such as the original batik Keraton, Javanese batik, Hokokai, Chinese batik, coastal batik, batik Sumatra and many more other types.
Danar Hadi Museum has been recognized MURI (Indonesian Record Museum) because it has a collection of batik cloth up to 1000 pieces so that the museum batik with the most batik collection. You can see directly the process of making batik and even you can also follow the workshop how to make batik in this museum.
In addition to getting to know more about batik, other attractions are presented tourist attractions Bogor this is a building with a distinctive design of Java that exist beside the museum. The building is known as "Ndalem Wuryaningratan"
3. CETHO TEMPLE
Solo tourist place next there Cetho temple. This temple is located on the mountain climbing Lawu and is one of the historical temples in Solo area. To get to this place you will be pampered with the natural beauty of yellow tea plantations are very green and beautiful with cool air, so you can enjoy the trip with fun.
Cetho Temple is one of the Hindu royal heritage temples. Until now at certain times there are often religious activities in this place. So do not be surprised if at some point around the temple Cetho there Sesajen which is a former religious ritual Hindus.
Cetho Temple is located in Dusun Ceto, Gumeng, Jenawi, Karanganyar, Central Java. Like the route to Sukuh Temple, to get to Candi Temple visitors need a struggle because the field is quite difficult. But when arrived at the location will be served with a view of the temple that you can not see in other tourist attractions, especially if fitting coincidentally with the implementation of the event there, it will be an unforgettable tourist experience
4. VILLAGE BATIK LAWEYAN
Laweyan Batik Village is one of the solo tourist attractions with the attraction of the center of Solo original Batik craftsmen. This village became one of the oldest Batik center in Solo City. Laweyan Batik Village has an area of about 24.83 hectares with a population of ± 2500 people. Well most of the population livelihood as traders and batik craftsmen.
Until now there are at least 250 typical motifs of Laweyan batik and everything is patented. Besides being the oldest batik city, the style/design of this village architecture is also a special attraction for every visitor. You will find many high walls and narrow alleys as characteristic of Batik Laweyan village.
Aside from being a producer of Batik, Laweyan village also offers Batik workshop. Tourists can also make batik course here with about 2 hours, the results of batik later also you can take it home as a memento. This Batik Village also offers intensive batik training. This is special for you who want to learn and deepen technique of batik carving and stamp.
5. KERATON SURAKARTA (Palace)
As with Yogyakarta, the history of the city of Solo cannot be separated from the story of the Kingdom that had triumphed in his era. Until now there are many historic locations that are still kept even become the icon of Solo City, for example, Keraton Surakarta.
Surakarta Keraton or Surakarta Hadiningrat Palace is a palace with a unique building design in Solo. The concept of the building using European style and ethnic Javanese in every corner and layout of the palace.
This palace was built by Pakubuwono II more or less in the year 1744 ago and its existence is still related to the history of the Islamic kingdoms that have succeeded in the land of Java.
As a historical tourist attraction in Solo, Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta has a museum with various collections of historical objects such as relics of the palace on display. You can vacation in Keraton solo while exploring the cultural and historical values of Solo City.
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