Taman Sari is a royal park or rest house Yogya Sultan and his family. Actually, in addition to Taman Sari, the Sultanate has some pesanggrahan Yogyakata like Warungboto, Manukberi, Ambarbinangun and Ambarukmo. All of them function as a place to rest and meditate Sultan and their families. Besides the components shown as a resting place, rest house, rest house is always a component of the defense. So is just the Castle.
Location of Taman Sari is only about 0.5 km south of Sultan Palace. The architect of this building is Portuguese, so fleeting as if this building has the art of European architecture which is very powerful, symbolic meanings in addition to Java will be retained. But if we observe, meaning more dominant element of building Java in here. Castle built during the first lane or around the end of XVII century AD Castle is not just a royal park, but this building is a complex consisting of swimming baths, water canals, special rooms and a large pool (when open water canals).