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CHAM TOWERS
- Characteristics of Cham Towers
Initially, the temples were made of wood.
It was not until the 7th century that people switched to building with durable materials such as bricks and stones, similar to temples in South India.
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Currently there still exist over twenty clusters of architectural relics of temples, towers and many architectural ruins.
Cham Towers were mostly built on high hills or low mountains, in clusters.
The tower was built of red stone, about 20m high, shaped like a blooming lotus field with beautiful decorative patterns and motifs and has high artistic value.
The tower is built of large red stones, cut from nearby limestone mountains. On the tower, there are small windows, arranged in a cross shape.
- Famous towers in Cham Towers
Banh It Tower (also known as Silver Tower) is located in Phuoc Hiep commune, Tuy Phuoc district.
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This is a large tower complex with four towers: the main temple (Kalan), the gate tower (Gopura), the fire tower (Kosagrha) and the stele tower (Posah).
The beauty of Cham Towers between two trends: elegant, rhythmic and strong, majestic in Cham architectural art.
Nhan Tower is located on Nhan Mountain in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province.
Nhan Tower consists of 3 parts: tower base, tower body and tower roof.
Nhan Tower architecture is a transition between My Son A1 architectural style and Binh Dinh architectural style.
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Khanh Hoa: Ponagar Tower is located on Cu Lao hill, in Vinh Phuoc ward, about 2km north of Nha Trang city center.
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Be preserved and developed by the Vietnamese into a place to worship the Thien Y Thanh Mau of the community South Central region and Central Highlands.
My Son Sanctuary is located in Duy Phu commune, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province, about 69 km from Da Nang city.
In 1898, a Frenchman named M.C Paris discovered the My Son temple complex hidden in a narrow valley, amidst a forest of water towers.
Not long after that, scientists from the French Far Eastern Institute studied inscriptions and architectural and sculptural works in My Son.
They discovered that these are the most magnificent and unique religious relics of the Champa people, built continuously for more than 1,000 years.
Cham Towers (also known as Champa Tower) is a type of temple and tower architecture - the religious and religious architecture of the Cham people.
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In the Cham language, Cham temples and towers are called kalan, meaning "mausoleum". These mausoleums were built by Cham kings to worship gods and Buddhas of Hinduism, Brahmanism and Buddhism.
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