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Ullen Sentalu Museum has several rooms that offer different collections. Therefore, tourists must explore them all. In the welcome room, they can rest for a while before the exploration. Next, they must enter Gamelan and Dance room. This room displays traditional Javanese music instruments, for sure. Next, there is Guwa Sela Giri room where some documentation and paintings are kept. The location is in the underground, though.
The museum resides on a highland, so it offers a nice mountain atmosphere to visitors. As for the function, it is meant to keep the Javanese cultural collections and items. The popularity is excellent.Even foreigners have acknowledged it. Some famous sites even once called it the best museum in Indonesia!
Explore the most remote temple in Java, the beautiful Selogriyo Temple. Enjoy stunning views during your trek among the scenic rice terraces.
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Java, Indonesia
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Ullen Sentalu Museum has several rooms that offer different collections. Therefore, tourists must explore them all. In the welcome room, they can rest for a while before the exploration. Next, they must enter Gamelan and Dance room. This room displays traditional Javanese music instruments, for sure. Next, there is Guwa Sela Giri room where some documentation and paintings are kept. The location is in the underground, though.
The museum resides on a highland, so it offers a nice mountain atmosphere to visitors. As for the function, it is meant to keep the Javanese cultural collections and items. The popularity is excellent.Even foreigners have acknowledged it. Some famous sites even once called it the best museum in Indonesia!
Explore the most remote temple in Java, the beautiful Selogriyo Temple. Enjoy stunning views during your trek among the scenic rice terraces.
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Stop At: Ullen Sentalu Museum, Jl. Boyong Taman Wisata, 55581 Indonesia
The Ullen Sentalu Museum is a Javanese culture and art museum located in Kaliurang highland, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. The museum displays relics and artifact from royal houses and kratons of Java, such as Yogyakarta, Pakualam, Surakarta, and Mangkunegaran.
Ullen Sentalu Museum is a private museum that was initiated by Haryono family and now is managed by Ulating Blencong Foundation. It was established in 1994 and officially inaugurated on March 1, 1997, coinciding with the date commemorated every year as a historical day for Yogyakarta City. The inauguration was done by KGPAA Paku Alam VIII, who was at that time the Governor of Yogyakarta Special Province.
Some prominent figures have become members and counselors of the foundation, among other I.S.K.S. Paku Buwono XII of Kasunanan Surakarta Hadiningrat, KGPAA Paku Alam VIII of Pakualaman Principality, GBPH Poeger – Son of Sultan HB VIII – , GRAy Siti Nurul Kusumawardhani – daughter of Mangkunegara VII – , Hartini Sukarno – wife of the late President Sukarno – , and KP. Dr. Samuel Wedyadiningrat DSB. Konk.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Selogriyo Temple, Hutan, Windusari, Magelang 56152 Indonesia
Candi Selogriyo is an ancient Hindu temple. It stands on the west hillside of Mount Sumbing near the village of Campurrejo in Windusari district. The 30km route from Borobudur to Selogriyo offers awesome lush green landscapes. Besides its interesting structure, the temple and its surroundings disclose a very rich historical and cultural past.
According to historians, Selogriyo temple was built at the end of the 9th century during the Mataram era. The site was destroyed by an important landslide in 1998. The reconstruction finished in 2005. Selogriyo temple is 15 meters tall and occupies a surface of approximately 300 m2. Its name means “stone house”.
This cultural and architectural treasure serves as a relic of the Hindu period in Java.
The construction faces the east and the roof structure resembles a fruit locally called amakala. It is a common feature on classic buildings of Indianized Indonesia.
On the four sides of the temple we find 5 niches with statues of Hindu deities: north is the statue of Durga, west is Ganesha, south is Agastya and east is Nandiswara and Mahakala .
At 740m on the top of Mt Sumbing the temple is surrounded by Giyanti, Condong and Malang mountains. Composed of terraced paddy fields and luxuriant forests, the landscape emanates peace and serenity. No wonder visitors feel deeply impressed by the 2km walk up to the small temple courtyard.
Enjoy the most incredible view of Central Java by doing an hour gentle trekking begins on the slopes of Mount Sumbing in a lush rain forest until reaching the unknown Selogriyo Temple.
An hour for gentle trekking begins on the slopes of Mount Sumbing in a lush rain forest, until you reach the temple. Enjoy the most incredible view of Central Java
Duration: 3 hours
