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Prambanan Express Commuter Line (Indonesian: Commuter Line Prambanan Ekspres) or simply Prambanan Express, commonly abbreviated as Pramex (in English) and Prameks (in Indonesian), is a commuter rail service that operates between Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta and Kutoarjo, Purworejo Regency, Central Java in Indonesia.
Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta: 642; Cultural: (i), (iv) 1991 Above Prambanan's squared foundation are three temples with reliefs based on the ancient epic Ramayana, dedicated to the three deities in Hinduism: Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma. There are also three temples dedicated to their servant animals.
In 1790, a Dutch researcher, F. Van Boeckholtz was the first to discover the archaeological ruins on top of Ratu Boko Hill. The hill itself is the northwestern branch of the Sewu Mountains, located in the southern part of Central and East Java between Yogyakarta and Tulungagung. The publication of the discovery attracted scientists such as ...
Yogyakarta (English: / ˌ j oʊ ɡ j ə ˈ k ɑːr t ə / YOHG-yə-KAR-tə; [5] Javanese: ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ Ngayogyakarta [ŋɑːˈjɔɡjɔˈkɑːrtɔ]; Petjo: Jogjakarta) is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java.
Central Java is also a cultural concept that includes the Yogyakarta Special Region, in turn including the city of Yogyakarta; however, administratively that city and its surrounding regencies have formed a separate special region (equivalent to a province) since the country's independence, and is administered separately.
The temple compound is located approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of the city of Yogyakarta on the boundary between Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces. [ 1 ] The temple compound, a UNESCO World Heritage Site , is the largest Hindu temple site in Indonesia and the second-largest in Southeast Asia after Angkor Wat . [ 1 ]
The Special Region of Yogyakarta [c] is a province-level special region of Indonesia in southern Java. [11] It is a semi- enclave that is surrounded by on the landward side by Central Java Province to the west, north, and east, but has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean to the south.
The temple is located on the Prambanan Plain, between the southeastern slopes of the Merapi volcano and the Sewu mountain range in the south, near the present border of Yogyakarta province and Klaten Regency in central Java. The plain has many archaeological sites scattered only a few miles apart, which suggests that this area served as an ...