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High medieval · Buddhist · Vietnam
Doi Son Pagoda
Tien Son, Duy Tien, Ha Nam · 20.5848°, 105.9751°
Gautama BuddhaLy—
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 12th c. (Ly Nhan Tong)
Ly
History & significance
A hilltop pagoda in Ha Nam built early in the 12th century by order of Emperor Ly Nhan Tong, once crowned by the tower called Sung Thien Dien Linh and still holding a stele of 1121 that documents Ly-period life and government. Ming forces wrecked it in the 15th century; it was rebuilt in 1591 and restored again in the mid-19th century.