Travel StoryBy Cerita Jogja GuideAugust 2026 5 min read
The Silver Quarter: Why Yogyakarta's Kotagede Has Been Making Jewellery for 500 Years
The village of Kotagede was once the capital of the Mataram Sultanate. Today it remains the centre of Java's silver trade...
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