Prambanan
Prambanan is a complex of massive ancient Hindu temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It was built by the Mataram Kingdom, rulers of central Java and defeaters of the Sailendra Dynasty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: historic site
- Description: group of temples in Indonesia
- Also known as: “Prambanan Temple Compounds”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prambanan and Plaosan.
Prambanan
Hindu temple
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Prambanan is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator, the Preserver and the Destroyer.
Plaosan
Park
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Candi Plaosan, also known as the Plaosan Complex, is one of the Buddhist temples located in Bugisan village, Prambanan district, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, about 1 kilometre to the northeast of the renowned Hindu Prambanan Temple.
Kalasan
Protected area
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Kalasan, also known as Candi Kalibening, is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia. It is located 13 kilometers east of Yogyakarta on the way to Prambanan temple, on the south side of Jalan Solo main road between Yogyakarta and Surakarta.
Prambanan
- Location: Central Java, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-7.7522° or 7° 45′ 8″ southLongitude
110.4917° or 110° 29′ 30″ eastOpen location code
6P4G6FXR+4MWikidata ID
Q84403674
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Prambanan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普兰巴南寺院群”
- Dutch: “Prambanan”
- Galician: “Conxunto de Prambanan”
- Indonesian: “Kompleks Candi Prambanan”
- Indonesian: “Prambanan”
- Malayalam: “പ്രംബനൻ ക്ഷേത്രസമുച്ചയ പ്രദേശം”
- Persian: “مجموعه معابد پرامبانان”
- Russian: “Прамбанан”
- Turkish: “Prambanan Tapınak Kompleksi”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Prambanan”. Photo: Pixelated Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0.