Borobudur Temple Compounds

Borobudur Temple Compounds
Native name
Kompleks Candi Borobudur (Indonesian)
Borobudur Northwest View
LocationMagelang, Central Java
Coordinates7°36′29″S 110°12′14″E / 7.608°S 110.204°E / -7.608; 110.204
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, vi
Designated1991 (15th session)
Reference no.592
RegionSoutheast Asia
IncludesBorobudur
Mendut
Pawon
Borobudur Temple Compounds is located in Java
Borobudur Temple Compounds
Location within Java
Borobudur Temple Compounds is located in Indonesia
Borobudur Temple Compounds
Borobudur Temple Compounds (Indonesia)

Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur, Mendut, and Pawon. The temples were built during the Shailendra dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE and fall on a straight line.

Approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Yogyakarta, Borobudur sits on a plateau between two twin volcanoes, Sundoro-Sumbing and Merbabu-Merapi, and two rivers, the Progo and the Elo. According to local myth, the area known as Kedu Plain is a Javanese sacred place and has been dubbed 'the garden of Java' due to its high agricultural fertility.[1]

  1. ^ Soekmono (1976), page 1.