{{Short description|Market in Indonesia}} thumb|Entrance of the Beringharjo Market in 2025 alt=Pasar Beringharjo, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. 1985|thumb|Beringharjo Market in 1985 The '''Beringharjo''' Market ({{langx|id|Pasar Beringharjo}}, {{langx|jv|ꦥꦱꦂꦧꦼꦫꦶꦁꦲꦂꦗ|Pasar Beringharja}}) is the oldest market in the ''Kraton'' area of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, having been a continuous place of trade since 1758.<ref name= Belitung>{{cite web |url=http://belitung.tribunnews.com/2018/04/10/mulai-11-april-pasar-tertua-beringharjo-buka-hingga-malam-hari-alasannya-untuk-pariwisata |title=Mulai 11 April, Pasar Tertua Beringharjo Buka hingga Malam Hari, Alasannya untuk Pariwisata |last=Sakti |first=Ardhina Trisila |date=10 April 2018 |access-date=5 October 2018 |language=Indonesian |trans-title=Starting April 11, Beringharjo, the Oldest Market, Will Be Open until Late Night, Primarily for Tourism}}</ref> Right off of the main street Jalan Malioboro, Beringharjo Market is officially located on Jalan Margo Mulyo No. 16, Yogyakarta.<ref name=Suryo>{{cite book|last=Sukendro |first=Suryo |title=Keliling Tempat-Tempat Wisata Eksotis Di Jogja |trans-title=Around Exotic Tourist Places in Jogja |language=Indonesian |publisher=MedPress |date=2009 |pages=108–109 |isbn=979-788-101-6}}</ref>
The word ''beringharjo'' literally means "banyan tree forest", a reference to the former trees that occupied the land, as well as to the notion that the market was expected to provide welfare for Yogyakarta residents.<ref name=Monggo>{{cite book|last=Murbawono |first=Syafaruddin |title=Monggo Mampir |trans-title=Please Stop By |language=Indonesian |publisher=Gramedia Pustaka Utama |date=2009 |page=207 |isbn=978-979-22-4087-0}}</ref> The stalls at Beringharjo Market sell a variety of goods, including ''batik'', clothing, souvenirs, fast food, ''jajan pasar'' (market snacks), basic ingredients, household items, ''jamu'' (traditional herbal medicine), and antiques.
==History== The Beringharjo area was originally a banyan forest.<ref name= Yogyes>{{cite web |url=https://www.yogyes.com/id/yogyakarta-tourism-object/shopping/beringharjo/ |title=PASAR BERINGHARJO: Pasar Tradisional Terlengkap di Yogyakarta |last=Utomo |first=Yunanto Wiji |date=2006 |access-date=9 October 2018 |language=Indonesian |trans-title=BERINGHARJO MARKET: The Complete Traditional Market in Yogyakarta}}</ref> Not long after the establishment of the ''Kraton'' in 1758, the area began to be used for transactions by residents of Yogyakarta and the surrounding areas.<ref name= Detik>{{cite web |url=https://travel.detik.com/dtravelers_stories/u-2230334/pasar-beringharjo-yogya-belanja-murah-tapi-nggak-murahan/3 |title=Pasar Beringharjo Yogya, Belanja Murah Tapi Nggak Murahan |last=|first=|date=|access-date=9 October 2018 |language=Indonesian |trans-title=Beringharjo Market Yogya, Cheap Shopping But Not Cheap Quality}}</ref> On 24 March 1925, the ''Keraton'' tasked the ''Nederlandsch Indisch Beton Maatschappij'' (Dutch East Indies Concrete Company) with building market stalls, and by the end of August 1925, eleven had been installed, with and others soon following.<ref name =Yogyes /><ref name= Situs>{{cite web |url=https://situsbudaya.id/sejarah-pasar-beringjarjo-yogyakarta/ |title=Sejarah Pasar Beringharjo Yogyakarta |last=|first=|date=|access-date=9 October 2018 |language=Indonesian |trans-title=The History of Beringharjo Market, Yogyakarta}}</ref> By the end of March 1926, the construction of an Art Deco architectural market was complete, and began to be used a month after that.
The market was originally known as ''Pasar Gedhe'' (Javanese: "[The] Large Market"), so called as it was the biggest in Yogyakarta at that time, as well as the only one on the main road area stretching from the ''Kraton'' to the Tugu. During the Dutch colonial era, ''Pasar Gedhe'' was also nicknamed ''Passer Op van Java'', or "the most beautiful market in Java".<ref name=Situs/>
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