
A Palace Built on Water
Taman Ujung, also called Taman Soekasada, was completed in 1921 by the last raja of Karangasem as a place to receive guests and for the royal family to relax. Wide reflecting ponds are linked by long bridges and pavilions that mix Balinese and European lines. An earthquake and the 1963 eruption of Mount Agung wrecked much of it; what stands today is a careful restoration.






