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Borobudur

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Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur, is a ninth century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.

Facts
Building Type
Buddhist Stepped-Pyramid Temple 1
Location
Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia 1
Height (m)
35 1
Height of the monument's main stupa above ground level; the original square foundation measures about 118 metres per side. Completed-year deliberately left unfilled: the source dates construction only to "the 8th century" in its History section, against a "9th-century" descriptor in its own lead sentence; this is a real dating ambiguity in the source, not resolved here into a single year.
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Pyramid 1
Connections

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Pyramid, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

The 8th to 9th century Sailendra-dynasty Buddhist monument in central Java, its stepped stone mandala the summit of the ancient Javanese candi (temple) building tradition.

Uses Element

Source Wikipedia: Borobudur
In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Borobudur
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, fragment after the name-variants clause
    is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
  • Lead paragraph, same fragment (place clause)
    is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
  • Structure section
    There is one main dome at the center, the top of which is the highest point of the monument, 35 metres (115 ft) above ground level.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur, is a ninth century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia lead
    Constructed of gray andesite-like stone, the temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome.
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