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Historical background:
Chăm monuments in Việt Nam
Po Re Me Tower 3 (Tim Doling)
Đà Nẵng's Chăm Sculpture Museum houses Việt Nam's greatest collection of Chăm art and represents the largest single collection of Chăm sculpture in the world. The Chăm temple complex at Mỹ Sơn in Quảng Nam Province was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1999.
The major Chăm monuments in Việt Nam are as follows:
Bình Định Province
Bánh Ít (Silver) Towers
Bình Lâm Tower and Thị Nại Citadel
Dương Long (Ivory) Towers
Cánh Tiên (Brass) Tower and Đồ Bàn Citadel
Hưng Thạnh (Twin) Towers
Phước Lốc (Gold) Tower
Thủ Thiện Tower
Bình Thuận Province
Phú Hải (Pô Xahnư) Towers
Pô Đam Towers
Đắc Lắc Province
Yang Prong Tower
Khánh Hòa Province
Pô Nagar Towers
Ninh Thuận Province
Hòa Lai Towers
Pô Klông Garai Towers
Pô Rô Mê Tower
Phú Yên Province
Nhạn (Swallow) Tower
Quảng Nam Province
Bằng An Tower
Chiên Đàn Towers
Đồng Dương Citadel (Indrapura)
Khương Mỹ Towers
Mỹ Sơn
Trà Kiệu Citadel (Simhapura)
Quảng Ngãi Province
Châu Sa Citadel
Thừa Thiên Huế Province
Mỹ Khánh Tower
 
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Date updated: 5 August 2005
 
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