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Phước Lốc (Gold) Tower
Tháp Phước Lốc (Tháp Vàng)
 Street address: Đất 1, Châu Thành, Xã Nhơn Thành, Huyện An Nhơn, Tỉnh Bình Định, Việt Nam
Proprietor: Bình Định Provincial Museum
Mailing address: Bảo tàng Tỉnh Bình Định, 26 Nguyễn Huệ, Thành Phố Quy Nhơn, Tỉnh Bình Định, Việt Nam
Telephone: 84 (0) 56 822452
Fax: 84 (0) 56 824000
Contact: Đặng Hữu Thọ Manager
Telephone: 84 (0) 56 822452, 84 (0) 91407 6118 (mobile)
Opening hours: Unrestricted access to site during daylight hours
Located on a high hill 30 kilometres north of Quy Nhơn in Nhơn Thân commune, An Nhơn District, the Phước Lốc or ‘Gold’ Tower (also known locally as Thốc Lốc Tower) was constructed in monumental Bình Định style (late 11th-early 14th centuries) in the late 12th-early 13th century, contemporaneously with the similar Cánh Tiên (Brass) Chàm Tower and Thủ Thiện Tower. The east-facing tower is square in shape and features decorated pilasters and false doors. Unfortunately the structure is in poor condition but nonetheless incorporates some notable decorative features, including the use of stone, which suggests strong Khmer influence.
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