Nhan Tower: Ancient Cham architectural heritage in the land of "yellow flowers on green grass"

Located on the top of Nhan Mountain, reflecting on the Da Rang River (Tuy Hoa Ward, Dak Lak Province), Nhan Tower is one of the rare intact Cham architectural works, recognized as a special National Architectural and Artistic Monument.

Clip: Admiring the beauty of Nhan Tower, an ancient Cham culture in the land of "yellow flowers on green grass"

Nhan Tower is located on Nhan Mountain, nearly 60m above sea level, bordered to the South by Bach Dang Street and Chua River - a tributary of Ba River (Da Rang); the East, West and North sides border residential areas.

Nhan Tower was built around the 11th century, is one of the Cham towers in Binh Dinh style (11th - 15th century), but has many architectural features typical of the land in the South of Champa kingdom.

The tower has a quadrilateral shape with 4 floors, the higher it goes the smaller it gets compared to the lower floors, but still follows the style of the lower floors. The tower is about 23.5m high. Each side of the tower's base is 10m long.

The tower was built entirely of dark red bricks using a unique technique: fitting the bricks tightly together without using mortar.

Unique cultural architecture of the Cham people

Nhan Tower was ranked as a National Architectural and Artistic Relic on November 16, 1988. On December 24, 2018, Nhan Tower was ranked as a Special National Relic.

Statues of gods on top of Nhan Tower

MAI CUONG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/thap-nhan-di-san-kien-truc-champ-pa-co-o-xu-hoa-vang-tren-co-xanh-post819257.html