Southeast Asian Historical Architecture

Southeast Asian Historical Architecture

Southeast Asian historical architecture encompasses sacred sites, former capitals, and wider cultural landscapes across the region. Khmer and Indonesian traditions include distinct relationships between individual monuments, archaeological cities, and the larger destinations around them. These different scales connect the experience of a single building with the organization and historical character of a broader architectural setting.

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Sacred Monuments and Historic Capitals

Angkor Wat and Borobudur connect sacred architecture with extensive monumental settings. At Bagan and Ayutthaya, groups of temples and other remains reveal the larger landscapes of historic cities. Buildings, open ground, and routes between monuments give these places architectural significance at more than one scale.

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