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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Vietnam - Champa Tower


Champa Tower Ninh Thuan - Phan Rang.

Sent by Lyra, a postcrosser from Vietnam.

Six kilometres west of Phan Rang town in Central Vietnam lies a low hill topped by three mysterious brick temple-towers known as Po Klong Garai. Climbing over rocky ground dotted with cacti, you will reach the 13th century shrines, a legacy of the Kingdom of Champa, a powerful Indianised culture that flourished in South-Central Vietnam from the 4th to 13th centuries. Gazing at the arid landscape below and the jagged red brick towers overhead, it’s impossible not to feel the magic of this sacred site (read more).


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