AFRICAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN (ID SET #3)

AFRICAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARCHITECTURE BUILDING IDENTIFICATIONS

Church of St. George (Bet Giorgis), Lalibela, Ethiopia, 13th century. Zagwe Dynasty.

Great Zimbabwe, 12th – 15th centuries

View of Conical Tower, Great Zimbabwe, 12th – 15th centuries.

model of Chief Ogiamien’s palace and labeled plan of palace, Benin City.

Adobe tower houses of the Botammariba tribe, Togo

Dogon cliff town (left) with view of inhabited part of town (right), Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali, 14th century on.

Toguna, Dogon town, Mali.

Sankoré Mosque, Tombouctou (Timbuktu), Mali, begun 1340.

Great Mosque, Djenné, Mali, 13th century, rebuilt 1906-1907.

Buddhist shrine of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, c. 800. Sailendra Dynasty. With an example of a mandala.

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, c. 1150. Khmer Dynasty. Built for Suryavarman II, dedicated to Hindu god, Vishnu.

Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia, c. 1150. Khmer Dynasty.
View from the top of the central temple with water

Kailasa Temple, Ellora, Maharashtra, India, late 8th century. Rashtrakuta Dynasty.
Dedicated to Hindu god, Shiva

The Temple of Brihadeesvara, Thanjavur, India, c. 1000.
Chola Dynasty. Dedicated to Shiva.

Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, 954. Chandela Dynasty.
Dedicated to the goddess Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho, India, 1020. Chandela Dynasty. Dedicated to Shiva.