Taman Ujung

This guide to Taman Ujung opens on the pool at its center, once used as a courtroom for accused witches under the name Kolam Dirah, before the last king of Karangasem, I Gusti Bagus Jelantik, began building an elaborate water palace around it in the early 1900s. You'll hear how he brought in a Dutch architect and a Chinese architect alongside Balinese temple builders to blend the site's styles, and how he later walked Dutch officials and foreign royalty across its bridges. Listen for how Mount Agung's eruption changed the grounds decades later.