Vietnam's Banh It Tower: Preserving millennium-old Cham heritage

The Banh It Tower complex, located on a hilltop in Tuy Phuoc Bac Commune, consists of four different towers: the Main Tower (Kalan), the Gate Tower (Gopura), the Fire Tower (Kosagrha) and the Stele Tower (Posah). - VNS/ANN

HANOI: The Tower of Banh It in former Binh Dinh Province (now part of enlarged Gia Lai Province), is one of the oldest and largest surviving clusters of towers in the now defunct Kingdom of Champaa in central Vietnam. Its architecture bears the distinctive features of the Cham art, with intricate decorative motifs.

The complex was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries and consists of four towers, each with its own unique architectural style and function.