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Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones, held in place with mortise and tenon joints, a feature unique among ...
The Christ the King Cathedral (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ chính tòa Kitô Vua; French: Cathédrale du Christ-Roi), also called Nha Trang Cathedral (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Núi Nha Trang), is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa in Central Vietnam.
The temple has an area of more than 39,000 square meters, started construction in June 2019 and was inaugurated on April 6, 2022. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The main temple is surrounded by a round lake on a square base, symbolizing the philosophy of "round sky and square earth", then surrounded by 18 bows symbolizing the 18 generations of Hung Kings . [ 3 ]
[2] Due to this close collaboration, he was very unpopular amongst the people of Vietnam. [2] Like a number of Vietnamese emperors, Khải Định desired the preparation of a tomb in anticipation of his death, but he was the last member of the Nguyễn dynasty to make this decision.
Bích Động is a temple complex, built in 1428. [6] It is situated on nearby Ngũ Nhạc Mountain, and consists of three separate temples: Hạ, Trung, and Thượng Temples, in ascending order. Guided tours generally cover historical points and end with a view from the top.
Popular belief designates the Hùng temple as also the site of Văn Lang's capital, Phong Châu. The kingdom is associated with the Đông Sơn culture and the famous bronze drums . For the successive Vietnamese dynasties and states, the Hùng Temples are revered with annual processional festivities known as Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương held every ...
Po Nagar is a Cham temple tower founded sometime before 781 and located in the medieval principality of Kauthara, near modern Nha Trang in Vietnam.It is dedicated to Yan Po Nagar, the goddess of the country, who came to be identified with the Hindu goddesses Bhagavati and Hariti, and who in Vietnamese is called Thiên Y Thánh Mẫu.
The Temple of Hùng King was originally built between 1927 and 1929, under the name Temple du Souvenir Annamite, to honour the Vietnamese soldiers who died while fighting for the French in World War I. The temple was inaugurated at the same as time as the Musée Blanchard de la Brosse (now known as the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of History) on 1 ...