Borobudur
Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia
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Summary
Borobudur is a Buddhist temple[1]. Borobudur ranks in the top 0.26% of buddhist temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,524 views/month, #2 of 757).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Buddhism[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Magelang[4], Yogyakarta[5]
- Country: Indonesia[6]
- Instance of: archaeological site[7], candi[8], tourist attraction[9]
- Architect: Gunadharma[10]
- Based on: Kesaria stupa[11]
- Location: Central Java[12], Magelang[13]
- Part of: Borobudur Temple Compounds[14]
- Commons category: Borobudur[15]
- Inception: 800[16]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1814[17]
- Official website: http://www.borobudurpark.com[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Borobudur[19]
- Commons gallery: Borobudur[20]
- Visitors per year: 1,400,000[21]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[24]
- Native label: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦣꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦣꦸꦂ[25]
- Area: 25.38 ha[26], 62.57 ha[27]
- Fee: 350,000 rupiah[28], 30,000 rupiah[29]
- World Heritage criteria: (i)[30], (ii)[31], (vi)[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Borobudur[34]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Borobudur[35]
Why It Matters
Borobudur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Borobudur is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]