Architecture of Indonesia
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The architecture of Indonesia reflects the diversity of cultural, historical, and geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia as a whole. Invaders, colonizers, missionaries, merchants, and traders brought cultural changes that had a profound effect on building styles and techniques.
Pagaruyung Palace, a Minangkabau architecture from West Sumatra
A traditional Batak Toba house in North Sumatra
An avenue of houses in a Torajan village.
Traditional Minangkabau house in West Sumatra.
Meru tower
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A Meru tower or pelinggih meru is the principal shrine of a Balinese temple. It is a wooden, pagoda-like structure with a masonry base, a wooden chamber and multi-tiered thatched roofs. The height of Meru towers represent the Hindu Mount Meru. Meru towers are usually dedicated to either the highest gods of the Hindu pantheon, the local pantheon, or a deified person.
A number of meru towers in different tiers height at Pura Taman Ayun, Bali.
Two meru towers of different height in Pura Ulun Danu in Bratan. The structure at the center of the photograph is a kori agung gateway.