The Gedung Agung (English: The Great Building; Javanese: ęŚęŚźęŚęŚşęŚ´ęŚęŚęŚęŚźęŚ, romanized: Gedhong Ageng) is one of seven presidential palaces of Indonesia, it is located in the city of Yogyakarta. The palace complex covers an area of approximately 4.4 hectares. It is located in front of Fort Vredeburg.
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đ Gedung Agung in the context of Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an important centre for classical Javanese fine arts and culture such as ballet, batik textiles, drama, literature, music, poetry, silversmithing, visual arts, and wayang puppetry. Renowned as a centre of Indonesian education, Yogyakarta is home to a large student population and dozens of schools and universities, including Gadjah Mada University, the country's largest institute of higher education and one of its most prestigious.
Yogyakarta is the capital of the Yogyakarta Sultanate and served as the Indonesian capital from 1946 to 1948 during the Indonesian National Revolution, with Gedung Agung as the president's office. One of the districts in southeastern Yogyakarta, Kota, was the capital of the Mataram Sultanate between 1587 and 1613.
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Gedung Agung in the context of Fort Vredeburg
Fort Vredeburg Museum (Indonesian: Museum Benteng Vredeburg; Javanese: ꌊꌸꌹꌜꌪꌸꌊę§ęŚ§ęŚşęŚ ꌺęŚęŚŽęŚłęŚ˝ęŚ˘ęŚźęŚ§ęŚ¸ęŚęŚę§, romanized: Musiyum Bètèng Vredeburg) was a former colonial fortress located in the city of Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The military complexâowned by the Yogyakarta Sultanate, but leased to the central government and managed by an agency of the central governmentâhas been converted into a museum of the Indonesian independence struggle which was opened in 1992. It is located in front of Gedung Agung and near the Kraton Yogyakarta (Sultan's Palace).