Taman Sari Water Castle

Taman Sari Taman Sari Yogyakarta or Yogyakarta Palace is a former site park or garden palace (royal garden) Yogyakarta Palace. This can be compared with the Bogor Botanical Gardens Bogor Palace gardens. This garden was built in the time of Sultan Hamengkubuwono I (HB I) 1758-1765/9 year. Initially, the park is getting the title "The Fragrant Garden" has an area of more than 10 acres with about 57 buildings in the form of buildings, swimming baths, a suspension bridge, canal water, and artificial lakes and artificial islands and underwater tunnel. Garden used effectively between 1765-1812 was originally stretched from the southwest to the southeast of the complex Kedhaton Magangan complex. But today, the remnants of the Taman Sari, which can be seen only in the southwest just Kedhaton complex.

That said, Taman Sari was built in the former palace of the old, Garjitawati Guesthouse, which was founded by susuhunan Pakubuwono II as a resting place that will train a horse go to Imogiri. As the leadership development projects Tumenggung ditunjuklah Taman Sari Mangundipuro. The entire development cost borne by Regent Madison, Tumenggung Prawirosentiko, with all people. Therefore exempt from Madiun district tax levies. In the midst of construction project management was taken over by Prince Notokusumo, after Mangundipuro resigned. Although officially a royal garden, but the existing buildings bebrapa indicate Taman Sari served as the last bastion if the palace was attacked by the enemy. It is said that one of the architects of this royal garden was a Portuguese who is better known by Tegis Demat.

Kompleks Taman Sari at least can be divided into 4 parts. The first part is an artificial lake located to the west. The next section is a building located in the south of the artificial lake include Umbul Member Baths. The third part is Pasarean Ledok Garjitawati Sari and pool located in the southern part of the second. The last section is the eastern part of the first and second sections and extends eastward to the southeast Magangan complex.