Ratu Boko Palace, Splendor on a Hill Full of Peace

Keraton Ratu Boko, Splendor on a Hill Full of Peace, The Best Place to Watch the Sunset

Keraton Ratu Boko is a magnificent building built during the reign of Rakai Panangkaran, one of the descendants of the Syailendra Dynasty. The palace was originally named Abhayagiri Vihara (meaning a monastery on a peaceful hill). Being in this palace, you can feel the peace while seeing the view of the city of Yogyakarta and Prambanan Temple with Mount Merapi in the background.

The palace is located 196 meters above sea level. The palace area of ​​250.000 m2 is divided into four, namely center, west, southeast, and east. The middle part consists of the main gate building, field, Burning Temple, pond, stone steps, and Paseban. Meanwhile, the southeast part includes Pendopo, Balai-Balai, 3 temples, pond, and Keputren complex. The cave complex, Buddhist Stupa, and pond are in the east. While the west part only consists of hills.

As a heritage building, Keraton Ratu Boko has uniqueness compared to other heritages. If other buildings are generally in the form of temples or shrines, then as the name suggests, this palace shows characteristics as a place of residence. This is shown by the existence of buildings in the form of pillars and roofs made of wood, although now all that remains are stone platforms.

Explore this palace, then you will get more, one of which is a very beautiful sunset view. Many say that this place is the best place to watch the sunset.

In this Lebaran holiday season, there are various arts held to welcome tourists. Gejog Lesung, cokekan, acoustics, little karawitan. In addition, hundreds of hats decorate the Ratu Boko Palace, will make holiday photos of tourist friends even more unique and cool.