taman sari jogjakarta

Taman Sari Taman Sari Yogyakarta or Yogyakarta Palace was the site of the former park or garden palace of Yogyakarta Palace, which can be compared with the Bogor Botanical Gardens Bogor Palace gardens. This garden was built during the time of lane I (HB I) in the years 1758-1765/9. Initially, the park gets the title of "The Fragrant Garden" has an area of ​​more than 10 hectares 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. Gardens are used effectively between 1765-1812 is the first complex stretches from southwest to southeast Kedhaton Magangan complex. But today, the remnants of the Taman Sari, which can be seen only in complex southwest Kedhaton only.
 

That said, Taman Sari was built in the former palace of old, Garjitawati Guesthouse, which was founded by Susuhunan Pakubowono II as a resting place that will train a horse go to Imogiri. As a leadership development projects instituted Tumenggung Mangundipuro Taman Sari. All development costs incurred by the Regent Madison, Tumenggung Prawirosentiko, besrta entire people. Therefore exempt from Madiun district tax levies. In the midst of the leadership development project was taken over by Prince Notokusumo, after Mangundipuro resign. Although officially a royal garden, but the existing building and keeping indicates Taman Sari serves as the last bastion if the palace was attacked by the enemy. It is said that one of the architects of this garden is a Portuguese empire better known as the Demat Tegis.

Complex Taman Sari at least can be divided into 4 parts. The first part is an artificial lake which lies to the west. The next section is a new building in the south of the artificial lakes such as bathing Bannerman Binangun. The third part is Pasarean Ledok Sari and Swimming Garjitawati located in the southern part of the second. The last part is the eastern part of the first and second and extends eastward to southeast Magangan complex.

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