This is the Taman Sari, or Water Palace next to the Yogya Kraton. It was also built starting in the 1750s as a sort of "pleasure palace" for the Sultan. Some of it was damaged by an earthquake in 1865. |
Legend has it that the Sultan in those days had the Portuguese architect executed so nobody would find out the secret pleasure rooms inside the castle.
This is a carved stone gate to the water palace.