The temples of Prambanan are located on the Indonesian island of Java, close to the city of Yogyakarta. Historically, it is considered to be the Cradle Of Javanese Culture.

It was planned to be more impressive than anything that had existed previously. However, a few decades following its completion, on the occasion of a relocation of the seat of the dynasty, Prambanan was abandoned and began to decay. In 1549 an earthquake devastated the buildings.

A total of eight temples form the three-level central complex. The exterior walls of the smaller shrines on the demarcated plateau also contain exceptional stone carvings. Staircases, entrance ports and pyramid construction are also present within the larger main shrines.

In the middle of the sixteenth century an earthquake destroyed large sections of the complex, but since 1918 it has been continuously renovated. Near Prambanan there is Candi Bubrah, another temple which is also being restored. After that follows Cadi Lumbung, a temple complex with several small sanctuaries that frame both a square and temple.

Once two hundred and forty small shrines in the form of a mandala were grouped around a main temple. Candi Sewu is said to be the Unfinished Temple. It was built in 856 A.D. by Buddhist king, Rakai Pikatan.

The cultural treasure of Prambanan is more than a thousand years old and heir to world culture since 1991.