Candi sewu (thousand temples)

This buddhistic complex , built from 780 to 810 in three stages, is 185 m long on 165 m broad and includes 240 similar vaults.
It is organized like a mandala centered around a principal temple.
Candi Sewu is associated to Candi Lor at the north, with Candi Kulon at the west, with Candi Asu at the east, and with Candi Bubrah at the south, all of them built according to the same plan. It is a buddhistic temple built at the end of the 9th century on a plan identical to Candi Sewu. Right from the beginning, this temple was built on a cruciform plan. On the other hand, the windows, rectangular, have thereafter being stopped at the base. The accesses were also transformed. Such as it is presented today, without its superstructure, it has a small air of Borobudur, in much smaller, with its many sculptures of sitted Buddha around. one can see some reliefs and a pediment decorated with celestial creatures. There, on the right side, in a group of houses, one can see some stone lines, as well as marks of foundations of old structures. To go there, for the preceding temple, it is necessary to continue the way until the end then to turn left to return at the level of Candi Sewu.

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