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The mosque is located in the basement, people often refer to the underground mosque Castle. Yes, because it is located dikomplek Castle Baths, which is part of the Kraton. Many tourists who come to the baths complex Castle Yogyakarta to witness firsthand the Taman Sari Underground Mosque. That said, Well Gumuling mosque was built underground so that the sound of the muezzin or preacher sound to all corners of the mosque. In each floor there are two places stand mihrab or prayer imam to lead the congregation. The upper part of the mosque form a circle without a roof. On the walls there are also many freely ventilated so sunlight illuminating the inside of the mosque. On the inside of the mosque, there is a well surrounded by five ladder that symbolizes the number of the pillars of Islam. Just below the stairs that meet in the middle there is a pool of water from wells Gumuling. the uniqueness of the building of the mosque is built with thick walls. Nearly 1.25 meters ketebalannnya. He said, not with cement bricks glued together as they are now, but using natural materials such as egg white. The mosque in the soil was founded in 1765. Castle underground mosque is a relic of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I and functioned until the reign of Sultan HB II.Untuk to the site, visitors can walk through the underground passageways

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