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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Famous Architecture in Indonesia


The type of architecture is very popular in Indonesia is religious architecture. Although religious architecture spread across Indonesia, the art of architecture is growing rapidly in Java. The influence of religion in Java sinkretisasi extends into architecture, resulting in architectural styles that berkhas Java for religious buildings of Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and to the people of the small number of Christians.
A number of religious buildings such as temples, which are often bulky and designed a complex, many built in Java on the glory days of Hindu-Buddhist kingdom of Indonesia between the 8th century until the 14th. The oldest Hindu temples are still standing in Java is located in the Dieng Mountains. Previously estimated there were about four hundred temples in Dieng are now only eight left temple. At first, the building structure in Dieng-building are small and relatively simple. However, the level of proficiency in the Java architecture has been increasing. Within two hundred years the kingdom of Mataram was to build the Prambanan complex near Yogyakarta, which is considered as an example of Hindu architecture in Java, the biggest and best.

Borobudur, a Buddhist monument listed in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by the dynasty dynasty between the years 750 to 850 AD, but later abandoned shortly Borobudur instantly ready built, referring to the current pullback Buddhism and transfer of power to the next east Java. Famous Borobudur has a large number of interesting sculpture-sculpture which features a story which, if observed from the ground level to the top level is the metaphor of the gain enlightenment. With the decline of the kingdom of Mataram, east of Java became the center of religious architecture with a very interesting style that reflects Siwaisme, Buddhist and Javanese influences, a fusion that reflects the characteristics of religion throughout the island of Java.

In the 15th century, Islam had become the ruling religion in Java and Sumatra, the island's most populous. Such as Hinduism and Buddhism before, foreign influences who participated this new religion to accommodate and interpret such a way as to produce the styles of architecture that berkhas Javanese mosque.

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