CULTURAL TOURISM: SARI PALACE WATER PARK (YOGYAKARTA)

Located approximately 400 meters from the complex of Kraton or approximately 10 minutes walk to the bird market of Mangangan pages.

Taman Sari means beautiful garden, which is an ancient place of recreation for the Sultan of Yogyakarta and its relatives istana.Kini, Water Castle can be visited by the public. Starting from 08:00 up to 16:00 o'clock.



In this complex, there is still regarded as sacred places in the neighborhood stopped, ie Ledoksari Park where this place is a private place where the clash and the Sultan. Among the interesting building is the Wells Gemuling a 2-storey building with a floor underneath lies below ground. In the past, building a small mosque where the Sultan of worshipers praying. Part of this can be achieved through an underground tunnel. In other parts there are still many other underground tunnel, which is a secret path, and prepared as the savior of the road at any time when this complex is the enemy attacks.

In the north lies the complex Tamansari Ngasem markets (often called Bird Market) where buying and selling of poultry animal (a beautiful bird, birds singing, doves, bekisar and others). Tamansari residential complex is also young artists, especially yag engaged in batik painting. His works are quite good quality affordable pockets of tourists.

Taman Sari Water Palace is a palace complex is actually comprised of several buildings (not all buildings are located in water) and the location was still within the palace Ngayogyakarta. In English, better known by the name "Perfume Garden" or "Fragrant Garden", because many fragrant flowers are planted in this park environment. Taman Sari - Yogyakarta is not just a recreational park where the royal family at the time, but it has various functions such as Camouflage area against its enemies, and is a bulwark of the system, while also as a place of meditation for the Kings, where the making of batik performed by the King's concubines and daughters of the King, the military training ground for the royal army and there's more.
Taman Sari, Yogyakarta was founded in 1758 that the idea was originally from Prince Mangkubumi (later titled lane I) and Raden Ronggo Prawirosentiko (Regent Madison) as an architect, while Demat Tegis (Portuguese native who earned his degree from the kingdom) as experts in structure .
There are several elements that affect the architecture of this complex of Taman Sari, including the influence of Hindu and Buddhist, Javanese and Islamic, Chinese, Portuguese and European styles, can be seen in some parts of this building.
Taman Sari - Yogyakarta has two main gates, namely Gapuro the Great (who was the Western division) and Gapuro Stage (which is the Eastern division, which currently (year 2007) was used as the main entrance to the site of this complex of Taman Sari). 

Form of gate or 'Gapuro'nya very beautiful, which is the original style of Java, the details of this Gapuro an original pattern of Java such as stylized tendrils of plants, birds, tail and wings of an eagle.