Prambanan

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Prambanan
Prambanan Temple Compounds
Location	Bokoharjo, Prambanan, Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta & Prambanan, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia
Coordinates	7°45′8″S 110°29′30″E / 7.75222°S 110.49167°E / -7.75222; 110.49167
Built	Originally built in 850 CE during the reign of the Hindu Sanjaya dynasty
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iv
Designated	1991 (15th session)
Part of	Prambanan Temple Compounds
Reference no.	642
Region	Southeast Asia
Location within Java Show map of Java Prambanan (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia

Prambanan (Indonesian: Candi Prambanan, Javanese: ꦫꦫꦗꦺꦴꦁꦒꦿꦁ, romanized: Rara Jonggrang) 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 (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva). The temple compound is located approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of the city of Yogyakarta on the boundary between Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces.^[1]

The temple compound, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the largest Hindu temple site in Indonesia and the second-largest in Southeast Asia after Angkor Wat.^[1] It is characterized by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu architecture, and by the towering 47-metre-high (154 ft) central building inside a large complex of individual temples.^[2] Prambanan temple compounds originally consisted of 240 temple structures, which represented the grandeur of ancient Java's Hindu art and architecture, and is also considered as a masterpiece of the classical period in Indonesia.^[1] Prambanan attracts many visitors from around the world.^[3][4]