Kartosuro

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Kartosuro (also spelt Kartasura) is a kecamatan in Kabupaten Sukoharjo, Jawa Tengah. Kartosuro is a Surakarta's satellite city, and a junction of Surabaya-Solo-Yogyakarta and Solo-Semarang highway.

Previously Kartosuro was capital of Sultanate of Mataram between 1680-1755 before being chaotic because:

• incapable to face VOC (Dutch East Indies Company)
• the matter of succession (Treaty of Giyanti (1755))
• Chinese Rebellion that burnt keraton (1740)

There are 2 palace sites, keraton of Kartosuro in kelurahan of Kartosuro and keraton of Pajang's ruin in kelurahan of Makamhaji.

[edit] Reference

• Miksic, John (general ed.), et al. (2006) Karaton Surakarta. A look into the court of Surakarta Hadiningrat, central Java (First published: 'By the will of His Serene Highness Paku Buwono XII'. Surakarta: Yayasan Pawiyatan Kabudayan Karaton Surakarta, 2004) Marshall Cavendish Editions Singapore ISBN 981-261-226-2