Surakarta

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Surakarta ( colloquially generally known as Solo) is a city in the south of Indonesia in Central Java in the province of Central Java on the river Bengawan Solo or Solo with 606 700 inhabitants.

Location

Surakarta is located about 90 meters in height. Surakarta applies with Yogyakarta as one of the two centers of Javanese culture in which most continue to be effective, the old courtly traditions.

Economy

In Surakarta exists engineering, textile, furniture, cigarettes and food industry. In addition, there are dyeing and there are pottery, wood carvings and musical instruments ( see gamelan ) made ​​. The city serves as a marketplace for rice, sugar cane, rubber, corn, cassava and indigo grown in the surrounding fertile plain.

The city is road and rail transport hub. Solo is next to a center of Yogyakarta batik art and a well-known trading center for batiks and batik products of all types known solo is also known for its traditional Javanese herbal medicine, Jamu, which has its origin in the sultan palaces. There she developed and maintained. Today, this centuries- old knowledge has been replaced by modern medicine and there are only a few healers, where the patients but trust and who may also be partially enjoyed success in the fight against various diseases.

History

Surakarta had a residency in the middle third of the Dutch island of Java. The residency was the possession of two independently operating princes, the so-called Susuhunan ( Emperor of Surakarta ) and the Prince Paku Alaman. Both were withdrawn against payment of annual salaries of any significant influence on the politics of the day.

Good condition is the walled palace complex of Sunans ( king ) of Surakarta, the Kraton or Kasunanan, which - typical of a Southeast Asian palace - besides the actual yard includes expansive living facilities for the numerous servants and members of the ruling family. The Kraton was moved from the adjacent Kartasura to its present location on the river Bengawan Solo in the 18th century.

The resulting bit later due to dynastic disputes junior yard Mangkunegaran is also well maintained and has one of the most beautiful Pendopo (open pavilion ) of Java. The Mangkunegaran is well known for its gamelan and dance tradition. As ruin the Dutch Fort Vastenburg is obtained from 1779 to the Kraton of north-eastern side. An interesting museum of Javanese culture is the Radya Pustaka, which is found half a mile west of the craton on the south side of the main road Selamet Riyadi. In its vicinity there is also the amusement Sri Wedari, which also houses one of the most famous Wayang Orang theater of Indonesia among others.

Education

The city has a branch of the Islamic University of Yogyakarta, a state university, as well as numerous smaller private universities. At the Sebelas Maret National University studied the later Foreign Minister of East Timor Adaljiza Magno. At the U.S. taught the later East Timorese health minister Sergio Lobo.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Willem Johan van Blommestein (1905-1985), a hydraulic engineer
  • Djajasiswaja Alexander (1931-2006), Catholic priest
  • Willibrordus S. Rendra (1935-2009), poet, playwright, actor, director
  • Luluk Purwanto ( born 1959 ), jazz musician
  • Edhi Handoko (1960-2009), chess grandmaster
  • Rio Haryanto (* 1993), race car driver
  • Prakusya Wynne ( born 1981 ), tennis player
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