The Sacred Keraton: Majapahit's Lost Royal Palace

Where exactly did Majapahit's kings rule from? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the elusive keraton — the royal palace of Majapahit at Trowulan. Archaeological clues from the Negarakertagama, Chinese accounts like the Ming Shilu, and Portuguese records from Tomé Pires paint a picture of a vast wooden complex with brick foundations, audience halls, and sacred inner courts. They discuss the discovery of the Pendopo Agung foundations, the mysterious Candi Kedaton, and how the palace was deliberately dismantled after the empire's fall, its materials recycled into mosques and tombs. Along the way, they touch on the Paregreg civil war, the role of the Wali Songo, and the transformation of Majapahit's heartland into the Islamic kingdom of Demak. For listeners who loved the Trowulan episode, this digs deeper into the one structure that held it all together — and then vanished. #Majapahit #Trowulan #Keraton #Negarakertagama #MingShilu #TomePires #Paregreg #WaliSongo #Demak #CandiKedaton #PendopoAgung #JavaneseHistory #SoutheastAsianHistory #Archaeology #FexingoHistory #Podcast #History #Indonesia Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo