Pawon
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Pawon () is a Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia. Built during the Sailendra dynasty (8th–9th centuries), it is a part of the Borobudur Temple Compounds which consists of three temples located on the same axis; Borobudur, Pawon, and Mendut. All three temple are inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Pawon
- Historic site.native_language
- jv
- Historic site.image
- Candi_Pawon_-_facade_northwest_(2025)_-_img_01.jpg
- Historic site.caption
- Northwestern facade of Candi Pawon
- Historic site.locmapin
- Indonesia Java#Indonesia
- Historic site.map_caption
- Location within Java
- Historic site.location
- Magelang, Central Java
- Historic site.built
- Originally built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty
- Historic site.restored
- 1835
- Historic site.restored_by
- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
- Historic site.architect
- Gunadharma
- Historic site.designation1
- WHS
- Historic site.designation1_type
- Cultural
- Historic site.designation1_criteria
- i, ii, vi
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 1991 (15th session)
- Historic site.designation1_partof
- Borobudur Temple Compounds
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 592
- Historic site.designation1_free1name
- Region
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- candi
- Part of
- Borobudur Temple Compounds
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- Magelang
- Area
- 0.07
- Location
- Central Java
- Image
- Candi Pawon - facade northwest (2025) - img 01.jpg
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- Candi Pawon
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Pawon () is a Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia. Built during the Sailendra dynasty (8th–9th centuries), it is a part of the Borobudur Temple Compounds which consists of three temples located on the same axis; Borobudur, Pawon, and Mendut. All three temple are inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
== History == thumb|left|Location of the Buddhist temples triad: Borobudur-Pawon-Mendut in one straight line. Located between two other Buddhist temples, Borobudur ( to the northeast) and Mendut ( to the southwest), Pawon is connected with the other two temples, all of which were built during the Sailendra dynasty (8th–9th centuries). Examining the detail and style of its carving this temple is slightly older than Borobudur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pawon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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