Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental Buddhist reliefs in the Bamiyan Valley of what is now Afghanistan, carved possibly around the 6th-century. Located 130 kilometres to the northwest of Kabul, at an elevation of 2,500 metres, carbon dating of the…- Work of art
- …is a statue
- …is also known as “تندیسهای بودا در بامیان”
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Buddhas of Bamiyan
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Latitude
34.82947° or 34° 49′ 46″ north
Longitude
67.81801° or 67° 49′ 5″ east
Open location code
8J69RRH9+Q6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = artwork
OpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type = statue
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Spanish—“Buddhas of Bamiyan” goes by many names.
ဘာမီယံ ဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်Burmese
巴米揚大佛Chinese
Buddha di BamiyanItalian
バーミヤン渓谷の文化的景観と古代遺跡群Japanese
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