Borobudur & Prambanan
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moments in life make one feel as if there were no longer any distance between heaven and
earth, and in the creative blending into the whole, the sense of life id being revealed. Such an emotion is experienced when one ascends the stairs of Borobodur, Buddhist marvel of stone, in a full tropical moon- night. More than 11 centuries ago anonymous artists started to construct an edifice fully realizing that they would never see finished, but convinced that the generations to come would complete and honour their creation. Standing in "the garden of Java" near Yogyakarta, surrounded by mighty volcanoes, Borobudur emerges in all its splendour. |
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The construction of the temple stared in 775 and lasted until 842, under the dinasties of the Sanjaya and the Sailendra. During the 10th century, the temple was less and less visited and has being progressively covered by volcanic eruptions and tropical growth. In 1814 a British colonel discovered the monument. In 1855 Borobodur was cleared and a long process of restoration begun. |
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It took about 100 years to uncover the temple and bring it fully back to life. Finally in 1973 an association of 27 countries ,the government of Indonesia, UNESCO as well as private organizations financed the major and most efficient restoration works. No over archeological rescue af such magnitude has been attempted since the raising of the Egyptian Temple of Abu Simbel in 1966 to protect it from the floodwaters of Aswan Dam.
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| It took 10 years to complete the job. |
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