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Southern City Square

Indonesia

8 story sections

For dessert we will order ginger drink to make you warm until finish the tour.

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Contents

8 sections · tap a section for its opening lines
  1. 1Orientation

    Welcome, culturally inquisitive travelers, to the vibrant, historically saturated, and perpetually fascinating Alun-Alun Selatan, commonly referred to in English as the Southern City Square of Yogyakarta. As your dedicated…

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  2. 2The Cosmic Axis and Spatial Planning

    To profoundly comprehend the unique spatial dynamics characterizing the Alun-Alun Selatan, we must conceptually elevate our analytical perspective to holistically encompass the overarching, masterfully engineered cosmological…

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  3. 3The Sacred Twin Banyan Trees (Beringin)

    Undoubtedly, the most visually arresting, universally recognized, and historically compelling focal point of the entire Alun-Alun Selatan is the magnificent presence of the two colossal, ancient Banyan trees, traditionally known…

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  4. 4The Masangin Ritual and Blindfolded Walk

    Our intellectual investigation now intimately engages with the absolute most famous, undeniably entertaining, and psychologically fascinating cultural phenomenon specifically associated with the Southern Square: the legendary,…

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  5. 5Historical Uses and the Royal Menagerie

    Before the Alun-Alun Selatan spectacularly evolved into the universally accessible, highly commercialized, and perpetually crowded recreational destination we vibrantly experience today, this deeply enclosed, heavily fortified…

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  6. 6The Evening Transformation and Street Food

    As the intensely bright, notoriously unforgiving tropical sun finally begins its dramatic, colorful descent beneath the western Javanese horizon, the Alun-Alun Selatan undergoes an absolutely extraordinary, phenomenally rapid,…

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  7. 7Odong-Odong and the Neon Bicycles

    The final, arguably most visually spectacular and culturally idiosyncratic element characterizing the modern, highly electrified nocturnal experience of the Southern Square is the overwhelming, completely unmissable presence of…

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  8. 8Closing

    As our highly detailed, intellectually rigorous exploration of the extraordinary Alun-Alun Selatan gently draws to its inevitable conclusion, I sincerely encourage you to take a deeply contemplative moment to thoughtfully reflect…

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What is Southern City Square?

Southern City Square is a place in Indonesia with 8 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.

Key facts
LocationIndonesia
TypeHeritage
Story sections8
Text languageEnglish
Coordinates-7.8114, 110.3616
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Nearby places

within a 5-minute walk
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