Taman Sari
TAMANSARI WATER CASTLE: A PLACE FOR PRINCESSES TO BATHE AND BE ‘HUNTED’ BY THE SULTAN Located near the Kraton, this place was also known as the garden for the Sultan of Yogyakarta. Tamansari was originally built for multiple purposes yet now only several buildings remain. Some of its original functions were a place to […]
Kraton Jogja
The cultural and political heart of this fascinating city is the huge palace of the sultans of Yogya, the kraton. Effectively a walled city, this unique compound is home to around 25,000 people, and has its own market, shops, batik and silver cottage industries, schools and mosques. Around 1000 of its residents are employed by […]
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