Kasunanan Surakarta
Berlakunya Perjanjian Giyanti (13 Februari 1755) menyebabkan Surakarta menjadi pusat pemerintahan Kasunanan Surakarta, dengan rajanya Pakubuwana III. Yogyakarta menjadi pusat pemerintahan Kasultanan Yogyakarta, dengan rajanya Sultan Hamengkubuwana I. Keraton dan kota Yogyakarta mulai dibangun pada 1755, dengan pola tata kota yang sama dengan Surakarta yang lebih dulu dibangun. Perjanjian Salatiga 1757 memperkecil wilayah Kasunanan, dengan diberikannya wilayah sebelah utara keraton kepada pihak Pangeran Sambernyawa (Mangkunagara I).
Kota Surakarta
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