Sultan Palace
Although Indonesia is a democracy, Yogyakarta is a kingdom. The city is centered around the palace complex of the king.
Water Castle
Nearby the palace complex is a very strange relic known as the water castle. The structure once was a bathhouse for the sultan's daughters, but today it is completely dry.
Prambanan
Just outside of Yogyakarta is the prambanan temple, the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia. It was built in the 9th century to commemorate the return of a Hindu ruling dynasty in Central Java after a century of Buddhist rule. It was abandoned a century later when the dynasty moved to East Java. The temple was destroyed in an earthquake in the 16th century. Of the 240 temples that stood in the prambanan complex, only the eight major temples and 8 accompanying shrines have been restored.
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