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Ujung Water Palace is a former palace in
Ujung Water Palace was built by the King of Karangasem, I Gusti Bagus Jelantik, who holds ''Anak Agung Agung Ketut Karangasem Anglurah''. This palace is a privately owned by Karangasem Royal. It was built in 1909 on the initiative of Anak Agung Anglurah. The architect was a Dutch van Den Hentz and a Chinese Loto Ang. This development also involves the ''undagi'' (Balinese architect). This palace is actually the development from ''Dirah Pool'' which has been built in 1901 The construction was completed in 1921. In 1937, Taman Ujung Karangasem inaugurated with a marble stele inscribed with the text in
Karangasem Regency
Karangasem Regency (Indonesian: ''Kabupaten Karangasem'') is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Bali, Indonesia. It covers the east part of Bali, has an area of 839.54 km2 and had a population of 396,487 at the 2010 Census which rose to 492,402 ...
, Bali. Now, this palace also known as Ujung Park or Sukasada Park. It is located approximately 5 kilometres from Amlapura. In the Dutch East Indies era, this place known by the name ''Waterpaleis''. The palace has three large pools. In the middle of the pool, there is the main building named ''Gili Bale'', connected to the edge of the pool by bridge.
History
Ujung Water Palace was built by the King of Karangasem, I Gusti Bagus Jelantik, who holds ''Anak Agung Agung Ketut Karangasem Anglurah''. This palace is a privately owned by Karangasem Royal. It was built in 1909 on the initiative of Anak Agung Anglurah. The architect was a Dutch van Den Hentz and a Chinese Loto Ang. This development also involves the ''undagi'' (Balinese architect). This palace is actually the development from ''Dirah Pool'' which has been built in 1901 The construction was completed in 1921. In 1937, Taman Ujung Karangasem inaugurated with a marble stele inscribed with the text in Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
and Balinese script
The Balinese script, natively known as and , is an abugida used in the island of Bali, Indonesia, commonly for writing the Austronesian Balinese language, Old Javanese, and the liturgical language Sanskrit. With some modifications, the script ...
and also two languages, Malay and Balinese. It was destroyed almost entirely by the eruption of Mount Agung
Mount Agung ( id, Parwata Agung; ban, ᬕᬦ ᬆᬕ) is an active volcano in Bali, Indonesia, southeast of Mount Batur volcano, also in Bali. It is the highest point on Bali, and dominates the surrounding area, influencing the climate, especiall ...
in 1963 and earthquake in 1975.
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