Prambanan is a ninth century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as Creator, Brahma, Preserver, Vishnu, and Destroyer, Shiva. The temple compound lies about 17 kilometers northeast of Yogyakarta, on the boundary between the Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces.
Facts
Building Type LocationSpecial Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1 Height (m)47 m is the height of the central Shiva temple, the tallest single structure in the compound; the compound as a whole originally held 240 individual temple structures of varying height. Partially Attested
Completed YearThe source states only that the first building was completed in the mid-9th century, with no exact year given; 850 is used here as a representative midpoint, close to the 856 CE Shivagrha inscription that describes a completed Shiva temple compound resembling Prambanan. Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
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.
Uses Element
Source Wikipedia: Prambanan
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Indonesia, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Prambanan
Wikipedialead paragraph
by the towering 47-metre-high (154 ft) central building inside a large complex of individual temples.
History, Construction subsection
and the first building was completed in the mid-9th century.
- Wikipedia "Prambanan" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
Prambanan is a ninth century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as Creator, Brahma, Preserver, Vishnu, and Destroyer, Shiva. The temple compound lies about 17 kilometers northeast of Yogyakarta, on the boundary between the Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces.
Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
It is the square elevated platform surrounded by a square stone wall with stone gates on each four cardinal points.
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