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Travel photos from Split, Croatia by travel photographer Brendan van Son of www.brendansadventures.com
TAMAN AYUN TEMPLE. Built in the 1600s by the King of Mengwi, Pura Taman Ayun survives today as a beautiful example of a royal public temple. The descendants of the Mengwi royal family still sponsor the temple, which also serves as the clan kawitan temple (a temple dedicated to the worship of the deified ancestors, in this case the previous rulers of the Mengwi royal family).
"Taman Ayun" means "beautiful garden"; a moat surrounds the temple, which gives the complex the appearance of floating on water. A landscaped front courtyard entered through an ornamental candi bentar (split front gate) adds to the temple's beauty. The inner courtyard features a number of multi-tiered meru (pagodas).
Split, the 15lb wonder, decided to pose for me today.
Strobist info: Vivitar 283's on both sides @ 1/64th power. Softbox camera left with 3/4 CTO gel and snooted flash camera right with 1/4 CTO gel. Shot with tungsten WB.
Shots of some of the architecture of Split. This was a Roman outpost at the height of the Roman empire and as such there are a lot of buildings with classical Roman architecture.