Sitihinggil itself is meant to be a raised area, to be reached by going up a flight of stairs, and meant to resemble a small mountain, like'the back of a tortoise'. Literally Sitihinggil, 'high ground' comes from the Javanese words siti,'soil', and inggil, 'high'. It is said that the original soil level here was raised to its present height with earth from Tolowangi, a place where the soil is known to be extraordinarily fragrant. The complete name for this area is Sitihinggil Palenggahaning Ratu, a chronogram which defines its year of construction AD 1766 (A.J. 1701), during the reign of Paku Buwono III (r. 1749-1788). (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://kratonsurakarta.com/about/sitihinggil.shtml">http://kratonsurakarta.com/about/sitihinggil.shtml</a>)
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