Puputan Square is located in the historical center of Denpasar - the city in the south of the island of Bali. Denpasar is the largest city of the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as the administrative center of the province of Bali. The town's name is translated as "to the east of the market." The capital of the island of Bali, this city has become in 1958. The city has many monuments, but for curious tourists will be interesting to see the mix of Javanese, Chinese and European culture in the city's architecture.

Puputan Square is known for its tragic history, the map where you can see the monument on the square that shows a man, woman and two children in heroic poses and brandishing daggers in their hands. Puputan translated from Bali as a "fight to the end" means ritual suicide, which takes place when there is a humiliating capitulation to the enemy.

The monument was erected as a reminder of the Dutch invasion in Bali - the events of September 1906, when the Dutch army landed on the northern part of Sanur Beach and headed to Denpasar. When the Dutch troops came to the castle, the castle came the procession headed by Raja, which was carried on a litter of four porters. Raja was dressed in a traditional white dress for a funeral, it was a lot of ornaments, and in his hands he held Chris - National dagger with an asymmetric shape of the blade. The rest of the suite Raja - officials, guards, priests, wives, children - were dressed in similar clothes and were holding the same daggers. The procession stopped at a hundred paces from the Dutch, Raja gave a sign to his priest, who immediately plunged into his chest Chris Raja. The rest of the procession at the same time start to kill each other. The Dutch opened fire. Total killed about 1,000 Balinese. Dutch valuables removed from corpses and Raja palace was destroyed.

As a reminder of this terrible massacre, the site of the ruined palace erected a monument.