square, there is an entrance leading to the residence
of the King or Regent, where there is a pavilion.
Civil servants or other people who want to meet with
the king or regent are waiting for their time to be
called if the King approves their arrival. Therefore,
the pavilion is sometimes called Paseban (as long as
the word Seba). In the past, in the square, every
Saturday or Monday (Seton or Senenan), thrusting
games were held (matches on horses using blunt
spears), or a tiger match in a crowd called ‘Rampog
Tiger’. During this performance, the king sat in Siti
Inggil, the highest place in front of the Keraton door.
At the Regent’s place, there is a stage to see the
spectacle. In West Java, there is also a small square
in front of the village head’s house, but the square is
not surrounded by banyan trees. Mosques are often
located on the west side of the square”.
The square has existed since the pre-colonial era.
The times went by, but the physical form of the
square itself has not undergone many changes, the
concept underlying the physical form since the pre-
colonial era has undergone many changes. This
concept actually determines the function and
presence of the square in a city in Java. The
Surakarta Palace or the complete Surakarta
Hadiningrat Palace in its present state is the result of
cultural heritage, continuation and the final journey
of the Mataram kingdom. The Keraton Surakarta
had been the center of the Mataram kingdom as a
whole for approximately ten years since it was
transferred from Kartasura to Sala in 1745 until the
Giyanti agreement in 1755 which divided the
Mataram Kingdom into two, Kasunanan Surakarta
and Kasultanan Yogyakarta. In addition, Salatiga
Kalicacing Agreement divided the Kasunana
Surakarta palace into the Surakarta Palace and the
Mangkunegaran Duchy.
The Surakarta Square area as one of the cultural
and historical relics in the City of Surakarta is
basically an area that has historical value and is an
area that has an inheritance in the form of certain
architectural buildings and designs that characterize
past conditions at that time. This area was once part
of one of the centers of the royal government in
Central Java (Keraton Surakarta). At the beginning
of the establishment of the Palace and until the
independence period, this area was designated as
part of the public space to support activities or
events from the Pakubuwono Palace. But then, the
establishment of Negara Kesatuan Republik
Indonesia (NKRI) brought influence on the status of
the court as part of aristocratic influence. It also
affects changes in the use of North Square and South
Square, which later developed as a public space and
can be accessed by all circles.
The status of the public space applied to the two
squares, not to mention the opening of the Surakarta
Palace as one of the tourist attractions in Surakarta,
implies one of them is the entry of informal traders
who actually bring problems to the sustainability of
this Surakarta Square area. There are so many street
vendors who meet the area that it covers its
existence as an area that has a high historical value.
As a result of the expansion of the North and South
Square complex which used to be so fast as a court
for street vendors and parking vehicles, especially
tourist vehicles, makes the meaning of the palace
complex and the square as a cultural heritage fade
away.
Another problem is that there are contradictions
and conflicts of interest between economic aspects
by maintaining the informal sector and maintaining
tourism objects of the Surakarta Palace. However,
they can be in mutual support when they are
properly planned. Furthermore, it can be identified
that there is a tendency to use public space for the
benefit of some people who shifted the use of the
public space. In addition, the condition of the space
structure in the Surakarta Square at this time does
not describe the answer to parking needs and street
vendors because the number of street vendors lined
up and filled the road starting from Gapura Gladag,
ring road North Square, the front of the Great
Mosque of Surakarta and South Square which is
every year increasing in number, especially after the
events held by the Kraton which invite many visitors
such as Organizing Ceremony or Kirab Satu Suro
(source: interview with Revitalization . Therefore,
the impact caused in the Surakarta Square Area
shows that the impact of the development of other
trade and non-cultural activities such as the
existence of street vendors in the area has removed
the face of the region as a cultural heritage area and
the loss of aesthetic impression and monumental
impression of the region because this trading
activities have caused slums and dirtiness on the
face of the region.
Street vendors who occupy the public space of
the city are street vendors located in the South
Square of Kasunanan Surakarta Palace. This square
is one of the public spaces which is used by the
communities of Surakarta and its surroundings to
spend free time. A large number of people in
Surakarta City and its surroundings who take
benefits of this public space creates opportunities for
street vendors to sell their products. They assume
that the southern square is a job area that has enough
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