Bintaran was an alternative settlement region for Dutch staying in Indonesia evolving after the Loji Kecil (Small Loji)  was not adequate anymore. The location is not far from Loji Kecil that various facilities could be accessed easily from here. Just like the typical building if Javanese-Dutch style, the buildings here have thick walls, tall main door and tall windows. Not only the residence of Dutch, this are also favourite place for Javanese Royal Families. Now this area is used as architecture laboratory for several universities.

Before evolving as Indisch settlemet, Bintaran was known as the location od Ndakem Mandara Giri, the house of Pangeran Haryon Bintoro, one of the descendant of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. This settlement estimated to evolve since 1930s marked by the property, church, and jail construction. Dutch resided in Bintaran were officers and sugar factory employees.

Just like other Indisch village, this region is rich of Europan buildings, though it has distinct style than buildings in Loji Kecil or Kota Baru Region. The yard of buildings here are more spacious, while the front part of the houses are smaller in size, they have more pillars and the front doors are in krepyak style, and the inner door is completed with glass.

The building that is enchanting architecturally and they are interesting historically in this area is Ndalem Mandara Giri. Its architecture is a blend of Dutch and Javanese.

Ciri Jawa terlihat dari adanya pendopo yang bahan-bahannya khusus didatangkan dari Demak pada tahuicallyn 1908. Sementara, ciri bangunan Belanda terlihat dari ruangan yang lebar dan berdinding tinggi serta jendela khas Belanda yang besar dan memiliki dua daun. After left by Pangeran Haryo Bintoro, the building was utilized as keris room exhibition, and after that it was empty since 1997. Other historic  building is Sasmotaloka, located on the left of Jalan Bintaran. It was built in 1890, used as the residence of Puro Paku Alam accountant, Wijnschenk. It was also the home office of General Soedirman, and later as the residence of Kompi Tukul after the independence.

Biology Museum that is situated at Jalan Sultan Agung was utilized as the residence of Pakualaman Military Inspector. The house of Henry Paul Sagers is currently used as Fire Fighters Quarter. The current Wirogunan prison was old dutch prison.

The church of Bintaran is very unique, as the church was built according to a Javanese idea of uncomfortable of the way H van Driessche SJ, a Dutch-Indonesian, who was in charge for the construction of the church, prayed. The church was erected in 1931, and called as St Joseph Church, in related with the prayer of Driessche to Santo Yusuf when he was in difficulty finding the location for the church.

Goa Cerme is located at Srunggu village, Selopamioro, Imogiri, 20 KM from city of Yogyakarta. The road to the location is good, though winding and steep,but the landscape is very nice.

From the gate visitors should step on hundred steps of stairs. Goa Cerme is 1.5 KM long, and through Ploso village, Giritirto, Gunung Kidul Regency. Other smaller caves nearby this cave are goa Dalang, goa Ledek, goa Badut dan goa Kaum that are used as meditation sites.  To get to the cave mouth, there is stairs with 759 steps.

Cerme derives from ceramah means speech, as what Walisongo (9 Saints that spread Islam all over Java) did. Cerme was once used by Walisongo and where walisongo discussed about the erection of Demak Great Mosque. Every Monday, Tuesday wage (Javanese calendar) a thanksgiving event is held. Local people hold traditional ceremony regularly ; Merto Desa (Village Cleaning) and  Jodhangan on the cave yard

The cave has stalactites and stalagmites with underground river flowing, and homes of myriad bats. The cave’s floor is soaked by 1 meter to 1.5 meters water. There are several rooms in the cave, such as ‘the meeting stage’, ‘zam-zam water’, mustoko, watu kaji, pelungguhan/paseban /’sitting room’,   kahyangan, grojogan sewu (thousand falls), air penguripan (water of life), gamelan, batu gilang, lumbung padi (paddy barn), gedung sekakap, kraton (palace) , panggung (stage), goa lawa (bats cave) and watu gantung (hanging rock).

Pulo Cemeti is not an island (polu in Javanese), but a ruin of heritage located behind Ngasem market. As the height of the location, people use this site to take a look at Yogyakarta view.From here Yogyakarta looks beautiful with houses, and trees with the breeze. From here, visitors can enjoy jogja sunrise and sunset.

This building was used as resting place and observation spot for Keraton.

This cave is located at Guwosari Village, Kecamatan Pajangan, Bantul INDONESIA. The cave is the witness of Prince Diponegoro struggle and his men, as it was used as the base camp for guerilla fight against Dutch. In this cave area, Prince Diponegoro set strategy and tactics, and discussion with his men to assault Dutch. During camp in Selarogn Cave, Prince Diponegoro had assault Dutch 3 times, on July 25^th, October 3^rd, and October 4^th 1825. That war between Prince Diponegoro and Dutch is known as Java War, from 1825-1830.

Pangeran Diponegoro (1785 – 1855) is the son of Sultan Hamengkubowono III (1769-1814). He didn’t have intention to be a Sultan, and chose to live as common people, at Tegal Rejo village. As he was surrounded by Dutch on July 20^th 1825 at Tegal Rejo village, the prince and his followers then flee to Selarong Cave.

There are two other smaller caves on the complex, Putri Cave and Kakung Cave. Putri means woman, this cave was the cave for Pangeran Diponegoro’s wife Raden Ayu Ratnaningsih. Kakung means man, Kakung Cave was the resting place for the prince. Both caves’ height and depth round 1,5 meters. Putri Cave is longer tha Kakung Cave, 3 meters. Kakung Cave only 2 meters long. From in front of the cave, visitors can enjoy a nice landscape from tower shelter to see waterfall.

Beside temple, visitors can visit Sendang manic Maya, a spring. To reach the spring, one should pass a small bridge over dry river and pass a passage for 100 meters. The spring is believed to be eternal spring and the water source for Prince Diponegoro and his followers for bathe and ablution. Not far from this spring, located another spring called Sendang Umbul Maya, believed to be used by the prince and his followers to cook and washing up.

Selarong Cave is also famous as religious site. Pilgrims visit here for meditation ritual. Other than that, the cave also has been a cultural tourist spot as annually, on July, there is a festive called Drebeg Gua Selarong to commemorate the moving in of Prince Diponegoro to Gua Selarong that was taken as the anniversary of Bantul Regency.

Before named as Condrokiranan, this house was named as Wijilan. It was the residence of Adipati Gusti Pangeran Aryo Mataram that later was inaugurated as Sri Sultan hamengkubuwono III. And the house was taken over by Gusti Pangeran Wijil, and the his son KRT Wijil, so this house is known as Ndalem Wijilan. Then the house was given to BPH Joyowinotobefore sold to the last owner GKR Condrowinoto, wife of KPH Danurejo, the last patih of Yogyakarta. Until today this house is popular as Ndalem Condrokiranan. This house now used as Sono Budoyo Museum Unit II, to accommodate the more collections of Museum Sonobudoyo I. One of the museum collections are Pakualaman tandu, gamelan, handicraft, and crops of agriculture and plantation in Yogyakarta.

Actually this house was traditional Javanese house with pendopo, peringgitan, and gandok. But later the house was developed in European style, though the original architecture can still be recognized.

This house was built by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII (1877-1921) initially occupied by Dewi, the 38^th daughter of Sri Sultan HB VII from his queen GKR Kencono. Currently the house is ised as residence for GBPH Yudoningrat, the 13^th daughter of Sri Sultan HB IX from KRAy Hastungkoro. The house was ever utilized as Literature faculty of Gajah Mada University in 1960s, before the university moved to Bulak Sumur. There are 35 ‘ngidung’ house and several buildings units in this ndalem complex that later used as Farmacy School and Chemist School since 1960s. Since 2987, PORDASI Secretary (The Association of Indonesia Equestrian Sport ) is based here. The house can accommodate wedding party and other special events. There is horse carriage that can be rent.

This house is called as ndalem as it was the residence of GBPH Benowo, the 36th son of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VIII from his wife BRAy. Retnohadiningrum. The house is situated at Rotowijayan, notably on the west of nDalem Joyokusuman. Until today the house is used as residence for descendants of GBPH Benowo and around the house there are houses of magersari andi dalem.

This house was built in 1865, by Sultan Hamengku Buwono VI and erected as house his royal prince, Pangeran Adipati Anom. After the prince coronation, this house was occupied by his brother GPH Mangkubumi, so it is more popular as Damelm Mangkubumen. After Mangkubumi died, his brother GPH Buminoto replaced him and live in the house until 1928. The house was used by General Sudirman in Dutch Military Aggression II. Since 1983 until today, the house has been using by Widya Mataram University and Mataram High School.

The hosue has joglo roof on pendopo and limas an roof on the main building. The structure  is square and consists of meeting room (pendopo), shadow puppet room, and living room. The pendapa has terraced blandar named blandar tumpangsari, it is wider on the upper and it has 4 pillars (saka guru) in the middle of the room. The saka guru constructions is called as sunduk kili as the function is as rope of the building

Dalem pakuningratan was built in 1877-1921, gradually in the period of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII, to be used for Prince Purboyo, the royal prince that later was coronate as Sultan Hamengku Buwono VIII. This house has been renovated 3 times. First in 1926, as ordered by Sultan Hamengku Buwono VII, when pendopo was connected to peringgitan. Second, in 1928, when rear terrace was built. And the last in 1939, when all cement floor changed to 20×20 meters tile in yellow and gree motive and change the door paint from grey to green.
Currentlty, pendapa is used to accommodate lecture ASDRAFI (Drama and Movie Academy), education institution that yielded Teguh Karya and Slamet Raharjo, popular Indonesia directors.

Though the condition of this cemetery is not as well as people imagine, Peneleh Cemetery is the oldest modern cemetery in the world. The site plan is set in blocks, and it has record about the bodies, family tree, even the standard crematorium facility had been built since the cemetery established. This Cemetery is established in 1814, with official name as De Begraaflaats Peneleh Soerabaja located at Jalan Makam Peneleh Surabaya. It was built much later after Kebon Jahe Cemetery in Jakarta in 28 September 1795. But Peneleh is the oldest modern cemetery among the others in numerous countries, such as Fort Cannin Park (1926) in Singapore, Le Chaise Cemerety od paris, Gore Hill Cemetery (1868) in Sydney, Arlington National Cemetery in 1864, Mont Auburn Cemeteryof Cambridge in 1831 that was said to be the oldest modern cemetery in the world. Among those other old cemeteries, the condition is the worst.
The condition of Peneleh concerned the Netherlands after 2006 when a legatee wrote an article entitled ‘De geiten en de doden wonen samen’ (means ‘Being Dead with Living Goats’) in NRC Handlesbald. The cemetery caretaker said that the relatives of the dead moved the dead to other cemeteries.
Peneleh Cemetery is the resting place of numerous important people that contribute to the development of Surabaya, Indonesia and even the world. There is tomb of Alfred Emile Rambaldo who was born in Rembang, Pasuruan East Java, the inscription of his tomb says ‘He was the pioneer of air travel, He found and developed air transportation device between 1908 and 1911 using a motorized air balloon’. His initial career was Navy Soldier and shifted his interest in technology. He resided in Surabaya and later built motorized air balloons, beside also developed meteorology observation and aerial photograph. This guy died when flying air balloon in Blora, Central Java, in a very young age, 31. For his service a statue of him erected at Kroesenpark (currently Taman Apsari). The statue has been replaced with the first of East Java governor , Governor Suryo.
The former Governor General Pieter Merkus was also buried here. His legatee, Rob van de Ven Renandel, stated in Monsun magazine on 10 April 1999, that Merkus was moved from Bogor Palace to Simpang Huis Palace (Now Gedung Grahadi) in Surabaya after he got ill.
Martinus van den Elsen a Jesuit priest, Neubronner van der Tuuk commander of Indochina war, Ibrahim Simon Heels the architect of Porong Bridge, and PJN de Perez the Supreme Court Deputy were also buried there.
Peneleh Cemetery formerly covered 5.4 Hectares, and situated far from Surabaya city. The cemetery was located hidden across Kalimas River and in the midst of Peneleh and Lawang Seketeng village farms. There was no bridge and road that the cemetery was isolated as it was flanked by Kalimas River and Pengirikan River. The cemetery is 100 meters from the bank of Kalimas river, the entrance gate faced Kalimas River and the gate is neo classic style. The only entrance to the cemetery is via river, the only transportation route. On the end of Peneleh Cemetery (currently fruit market), there was a port for dead body. The body then transported to cemetery using horse carriage, and the number of horses showed the social status of the dead. In that very time, there was a bronze bell on an iron pillar at the port. The bell is rung when the body arrived so mourners could prepare.

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