Borobudur Temple

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Buddhist temple Mahayana Buddhist monument UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site pilgrimage site stupa complex

Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Central Java renowned for its massive stepped pyramid structure and intricate stone reliefs, and is one of the most important archaeological and pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Borobudur 15
Borobudur Temple canonical 11
Borobudur Temple Compounds 5

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist monument ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
stupa complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gupta-influenced Buddhist architecture ⓘ
Javanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ
associatedDynasty Sailendra dynasty ⓘ
associatedFestival Vesak ⓘ
BuddhistSchool Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
builtBy Sailendra dynasty ⓘ
category 9th-century Buddhist temples ⓘ
Buddhist pilgrimage sites ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Indonesia ⓘ
completionDate 9th century ⓘ
constructionEndCentury 9th century ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 8th century ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeansYear 1814 ⓘ
elevation about 265 meters above sea level ⓘ
EuropeanRediscoveryLeader Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
feature Buddha statues ⓘ
central dome ⓘ
galleries ⓘ
stone reliefs ⓘ
stupas ⓘ
terraces ⓘ
function pilgrimage destination ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
governingBody Government of Indonesia ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
locatedIn Java ⓘ
surface form: Central Java

Indonesia ⓘ
Java ⓘ
managingAgency Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of Indonesia ⓘ
material andesite stone ⓘ
nearCity Magelang ⓘ
Yogyakarta ⓘ
nearRiver Elo River ⓘ
Progo River ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world ⓘ
intricate stone reliefs ⓘ
massive stepped pyramid structure ⓘ
numberOfBuddhaStatues over 500 ⓘ
numberOfLevels 9 ⓘ
numberOfOpenworkStupas 72 ⓘ
numberOfTerraces 9 ⓘ
orientation aligned with cardinal directions ⓘ
plan square base with central dome ⓘ
province Java ⓘ
surface form: Central Java
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
reliefLength approximately 5 kilometers ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
restoration UNESCO-led restoration 1973–1983 ⓘ
major restoration 1907–1911 ⓘ
structureType mandala-shaped monument ⓘ
stepped pyramid ⓘ
symbolism Buddhist cosmology ⓘ
path to enlightenment ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1991 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 592 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName Borobudur Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Borobudur Temple Compounds
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indonesia → hasCulturalHeritage → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Borobudur Temple → UNESCOSiteName → Borobudur Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur Temple Compounds
Prambanan Temple → nearbySite → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Yogyakarta → locatedNear → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Yogyakarta → tourismGatewayFor → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur Temple Compounds
Sailendra dynasty → knownFor → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Sailendra dynasty → built → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
World Heritage Sites in Indonesia → hasSite → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur Temple Compounds
World Heritage Sites in Indonesia → hasSite → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Magelang → isGatewayTo → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Magelang → near → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Magelang → hasNearbyUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur Temple Compounds
Buddhist art → importantSite → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Special Region of Yogyakarta → near → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
DIY → near → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
Central Java region → contains → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Java
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Elo River → near → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Elo River → near → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Elo River → flowsNear → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Elo River → hasNearbyAttraction → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Progo River → flowsNear → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Progo River → flowsNear → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Progo River → near → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
Javanese Hindu-Buddhist civilization → hasMajorMonument → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Central Javanese style → notableExample → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Queen Pramodhawardhani → associatedWithTemple → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Kedu Plain → near → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Kedu Plain → hasHeritageSiteNearby → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur Temple Compounds
Samaratungga → commissioned → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Samaratungga → associatedWith → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Mataram region → notableSite → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur temple
Ngawen Temple → nearbySite → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur
Pawon Temple → partOf → Borobudur Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borobudur–Mendut–Pawon temple alignment