My Son Sanctuary

World Heritage

Vietnam

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Between the 4th and 13th centuries AD, a unique culture developed on the coast of modern-day Vietnam, with spiritual roots in Hinduism. This is vividly illustrated by the remains of an impressive series of pagodas, located on a striking site that served as the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for much of its existence.

# religion

# Hinduism

# Pagoda temple ruins

# Vietnam Coast

# 4th to 13th century AD

# Political capital

The storehouse known as 'B5' is the outstanding surviving exemplar of the My Son A1 style

The great temple 'A1' dedicated to the god Sambhubhadresvara by King Sambhuvarman in the 7th century...

This map shows the relative locations of the temple groups

This linga-like stone column is dated to the 10th century. It stands next to the temple known as 'B4...

Group G temple

The temples at Mỹ Sơn are made of a reddish brick. Decorative carvings have been cut directly into t...

A Cham artist of approximately the 10th century depicted a Cham temple tower in this fragment locate...

The only main temple building (C1) remained intact

This pedestal and the outline of a wall are all that remain of the once magnificent temple called 'A...

Circular pedestal at E1 bearing the inscription, 'This kosa is offered to Vikrantavarman, the most p...

Stele at Temple E, erected by King Prabhasadharma-Vikrantavarman in 657 AD

Bombs dropped by the USAF during the Vietnam War made craters that are still visible

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Information extracted from Wikidata

office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/04lbh_
Commons category	My Son
coordinate location	Point(108.116666666 15.766666666)
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/My%20Son%20banner.jpg
native label	Mỹ Sơn
area	142
culture	Three Holy Mountains
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/My%20Son.jpg
instance of	Hindu temple
located in the administrative territorial entity	Da Nang
executive body	My Son

start time	1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	ضريح مي- سون
official name	My Son Sanctuary
official name	Santuario de My Son
official name	Sanctuaire de Mi-sön
official name	ミーソン聖域
official name	My Son-heiligdom
official name	Святилище Мишон
official name	圣子修道院
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
area	920
applies to part	buffer zone