Sunday, 29 September 2013

Kartosuro

Kartosuro

Kartosuro
Kartosuro is an Indonesian subdistrict (Kecamatan) in the Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java. Kartosuro is a Surakarta's satellite city, and a junction of Surabaya-Solo-Yogyakarta and Solo-Semarang highway. It can be reached within minutes southward of Surakarta's International Airport of Adi Sumarmo.
In the seventeenth century Kartosuro was the capital of the Sultanate of Mataram between 1680â€"1755. It is commonly referred to as the Kartasura era or period of the Mataram sultanate â€" it preceded the transfer to Surakarta by Pakubuwana II.
There are 2 palace sites, keraton of Kartosuro in kelurahan of Kartosuro and keraton of Pajang's ruin in kelurahan of Makamhaji.

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