Situated in the Borobudur district of central Java, this Buddhist temple is an architectural wonder of the world. Its construction was started in 778 CE by the Sailendra ruler Vishnu and was completed during the reign of his grandson, Samaratunga, in...

Enormous Bst. structure in Java covered with fine reliefs of subjects from M. Bsm. A stepped pyramid on square base covering about 520 feet square. Begun about A.D. 850. Restored by Dutch. See Krom, The Life of the Buddha (The Hague,...

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There are places so special that, once visited, they haunt the memory forever. For me, three such destinations are: Sarajevo, Yugoslavia; Chester, England; and Borobudur, Indonesia. Each is unique in its own national context while being as unlike the others as it's possible...

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