Cham towers

E570518
archaeological site religious building temple complex

Cham towers are ancient brick temple complexes built by the Cham people of central and southern Vietnam, notable for their distinctive Hindu-influenced architecture and historical significance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cham towers canonical 2
Po Nagar Cham Towers 2
Banh It Cham Towers 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle Cham architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hindu temple architecture ⓘ
builtBy Kingdom of Champa NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
culture Champa NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo Brahma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cham deities ⓘ
Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Cham people NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature intricate brick reliefs ⓘ
lintels and pediments with Hindu iconography ⓘ
multi-tiered brick towers ⓘ
stone sculptures ⓘ
function pilgrimage site ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component at My Son ⓘ
locatedIn Binh Dinh province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nha Trang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phan Rang–Thap Cham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quang Nam province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed baked brick ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
notableExample Banh It Cham Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ
My Son temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Po Klong Garai Cham Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Po Nagar Cham Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Po Rome Cham Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thap Doi Cham Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ
period 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance evidence of Indian cultural influence in Southeast Asia ⓘ
important remains of the Champa civilization ⓘ
usedBy Cham people NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Ninh Thuận Province → hasCulturalSite → Cham towers ⓘ
Cham people → architectureStyle → Cham towers ⓘ
Cham architecture → notableSite → Cham towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Po Nagar Cham Towers
Cham architecture → notableSite → Cham towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banh It Cham Towers
Cham → heritageSiteAssociation → Cham towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Po Nagar Cham Towers