Taman Sari, a Sacred Royal Concubine Baths

Some time after the occurrence of the Agreement Giyanti, Prince Mangkubumi and his troops built a palace which served as the hub of all activities in the Sultanate Ngayogyakarta. The prince who had built a palace Sultanate later named the first Sultan Hamengku Buono. Construction of the palace were obtained from the revelation when the Emperor meditated on the slopes of Mount Merapi got a clue to build the Palace in a straight line from Mount Merapi and Parangtritis Beach. Kraton should be centered between the two points. Construction of the palace itself rests on a spring that is located between the two points of the volcano and beach Parangtritis. All that made ​​the sultan aims to honor and felicitate the services sultana who have sacrificed and helped during the war. Construction of the palace garden sari is handed over to an architect who had Portuguese nationality by a foreman held by a regent from madiun. Palace garden sari is placed not far from the palace is the center of all the activities and aims to be the daughter who wanted purification unnecessary journey designed jauh.Istana surrounded by an artificial lake that takes away from the fountain, in addition there is also growing a wide range of plant flowers to beautify the appearance of the garden sari.
In the park there are some gate sari specially designed untu the sultan. There are several gates that have different functions such as stage gate. This gate is one of the favorites of the sultan gate because this place accompanied by the wife of the sultan could watch some of the performing arts such as dance area. High arch shape makes it easy to watch the dancers sultan who are under the charming dance movement. Not far from where the dancers in center, hand side is for all instruments and players. By the middle of the field that resembles the embryo of a building used as a stage where the dancers perform a dance show in action. From the gate, we can go deeper into the permission of the park caretaker juice there we will find a place that once only the sultan and his family are allowed to enter. The place was a bathing pool, surrounded by a few showers with clear water first sultana gathered for ritual bathing. Pond clear and studded with a variety of flowers to be one of his favorite wife. Pond inside the palace is divided into three sections. The function of each's piece different from each other. The third part is Kawitan Bannerman, swimming should only be entered by the sons and daughters of the king. The second is Pamuncar Bannerman, Pool is dedicated exclusively to the concubines because it helps when doing peperanga. And the last is to be used as Bannerman Panguras special baths for the king alone. If you want to see and watch kemegahaan Taman Sari Palace, you can directly visit in Yogyakarta.

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