Visiting Beringharjo Market at Malioboro is an awesome experience. As the biggest traditional market, Beringharjo grew alongside the history of the City of Culture, Yogyakarta. The market is a concrete building and the oldest market with historical and philosophical values which cannot be separated from Yogyakarta Palace. Looking at its history, Beringharjo Market has gone through three phases, the kingdom, the colonization and the independence era. Thus, Beringharjo Market is always memorized for its value of collective memory in the heart of Yogyakarta people.
The establishment of this market is a part of the city planning design of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate which is usually called Catur Tunggal which covers four aspects namely the palace as the administrative center, the palace yard as the public space, the mosque as the prayer house and the market as the center of economic transaction. In term of setting, Beringharjo Market is located outside of Yogyakarta Palace (njobo keraton), at the north of the North Yard.
The area on which Beringharjo market stands was formerly a wood of banyan tree. Soon after the establishment of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate in 1758 AD, Yogyakarta people altered the area into a place for economic transaction. Hundreds of years later, Yogyakarta Palace realized the importance of establishing a more representative market. Therefore, on March 24, 1925, Nederlancsh Indisch Beton Maatschappij (the Indies Concrete Company) was delegated to build stalls. In August 1925, 11 stalls were finished and gradually, some more other came afterward. More ... >>
The establishment of this market is a part of the city planning design of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate which is usually called Catur Tunggal which covers four aspects namely the palace as the administrative center, the palace yard as the public space, the mosque as the prayer house and the market as the center of economic transaction. In term of setting, Beringharjo Market is located outside of Yogyakarta Palace (njobo keraton), at the north of the North Yard.
The area on which Beringharjo market stands was formerly a wood of banyan tree. Soon after the establishment of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate in 1758 AD, Yogyakarta people altered the area into a place for economic transaction. Hundreds of years later, Yogyakarta Palace realized the importance of establishing a more representative market. Therefore, on March 24, 1925, Nederlancsh Indisch Beton Maatschappij (the Indies Concrete Company) was delegated to build stalls. In August 1925, 11 stalls were finished and gradually, some more other came afterward. More ... >>
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