This grave was built on a hill, exact under the Mangadeg Palace, the funeral complex of the rulers Mangkunegaran, one of the fragments of the Mataram Sultanate. The Mangadeg Palace was in the height 750 meters on sea level, whereas Giribangun in 666 meters on sea level.

In the Mangadeg Palace was buried by Mangkunegara I alias Prince Sambernyawa, Mangkunegara II, and Mangkunegara III. The choosing of the position was under Mangadeg not without the reason; to continue respecting the rulers Mangkunegara, remembered Ms Tien Soeharto was the descendants Mangkunegoro III. Complex of the grave had three stages “cungkup” (the grave building): cungkup Argo Sari in the middle of and highest, beneath it, was gotten cungkup Argo Kembang, and lowest was cungkup Argo Tuwuh. The main door to the Giribangun palace located in the north. The south side shared directly a border in the chasm that beneath it flowed the Samin River that was winding beautiful was gazed at from the area of the grave.

Gotten also the door at the east of the grave complex that immediately accessed to the Mangadeg Palace. Apart from the building for the funeral, was gotten nine other supporting buildings. Including being the mosque, the holiday accommodation house for the Soeharto family, the bathroom for the main pilgrim, the water reservoir, the main gateway, two places were waiting or the place of the rest for the tourists, the guardhouse and the special parking lot for the family's car. Underneath, was gotten space parked that was very wide.