Java
Central Java
Magelang Regency

Pawon

Pawon is a in , . Built during the Sailendra dynasty, it is a part of the Borobudur Temple Compounds which consists of three temples located on the same axis; , Pawon, and .
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Candi Pawon” and “Pawon Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Borobudur and Mendut.

Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Buddhist stupa and temple complex in dating from the 8th century, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is one of world's truly great ancient monuments, the single largest Buddhist structure anywhere on earth, and few who visit fail to be taken by both the scale of place, and the remarkable attention to detail that went into the construction.

Buddhist temple
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is a ninth-century , located in village, Mungkid sub-district, Regency, , . It is located about 3 kilometres east of another temple, , and along with Pawon forms a straight line of three temples. is situated 1¼ km east of Pawon.

Museum
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is a maritime museum that was built several hundred meters north of the 8th-century Buddhist monument, within the Borobudur archaeological complex, , , . is situated 2 km west of Pawon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendut and Mungkid.

Village
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is a village.

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is a town in in Indonesia, serving as the capital of Magelang regency. It is located approximately 10km from , 30km from , and 95km from .

Village
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is a village, which is situated 9 km southwest of Pawon.

Pawon

Latitude
-7.60613° or 7° 36′ 22″ south
Longitude
110.21956° or 110° 13′ 10″ east
Elevation
244 metres (801 feet)
Open location code
6P4G96V9+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 570627810
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6261361
Wiki­data ID
Q3056346
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Thai—“Pawon” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “পাৱন মন্দিৰ”
  • Balinese: “Candi Pawon”
  • Chinese: “巴翁”
  • Chinese: “帕翁寺”
  • Czech: “Pawon”
  • Dutch: “Candi Pawon”
  • French: “Pawon”
  • French: “temple de Pawon”
  • French: “Temple de Pawon”
  • Georgian: “პავონი”
  • Indonesian: “Candi Pawon”
  • Japanese: “パウォン寺院”
  • Javanese: “Candhi Pawon”
  • Madurese: “Canḍhi Pawon”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Pawon”
  • Russian: “Павон”
  • Sundanese: “Candi Pawon”
  • Tamil: “பாவோன் கோயில், மத்திய சாவகம்”
  • Thai: “ปาวน”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pawon”. Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.