Mt. Batu Gamping Nature Reserve

1. Nature Reserve: 0,038
2. Nature Tourist Park: 1,046

In this region there is a 50-million-year-old remnant of Eosin’s limestone deposits. Is a rare limestone, measuring about 3 m x 5 m with a height of 15 m. In these rocks are like sea corals, there are remnants of fish fossils and other marine biota, in the form of strokes and distinctive colors that are listed on the limestone. Based on research, the stone has lime content of good quality.

Around the reserve area there are also historical remains of ancient wall of former pesanggrahan Ambar Ketawang which is a temporary residence of Pangeran Hamengku Buwono I residing. Is the forerunner of the establishment of Yogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace built by Mangkubumi who titled ‘Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Susuhunan Kanjeng Sultan Hamengku Buwono I’.
From where this figure Prince Mangkubumi ever settled in preparing to build the Palace of Yogyakarta. While in the south there is an ancient building known as the Kestalan, which in his time this place is used as a horse cage, in the west there is a remnant of ancient walls known as Kademangan, supposedly the story of this place as a residence of a Demang.

In this area there is an arboretum planted with various crops for the environment keasrian surrounding nature reserves and natural attractions park, among other rare plants namely Kepel tree.

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1. Statistik Dirjen KSDAE 2015; Dirjen KSDAE (Link: drive.google.com)
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