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Cham tower to be reinforced

The central province of Quang Nam, in cooperation with the Institute for Conservation of Monuments under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will begin an urgent project to protect the B3 tower in the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary from collapse before the rainy season.
Cham tower to be reinforced ảnh 1B3 tower in the UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam province (Photo courtesy Quang Nam newspaper)
Quang Nam (VNA) – Thecentral province of Quang Nam, in cooperation with the Institute forConservation of Monuments under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,will begin an urgent project to protect the B3 tower in the UNESCO-recognised MySon Sanctuary from collapse before the rainy season.

DeputyDirector of the provincial department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Tan Cuongsaid an emergency fund of 1.5 billion VND (66,000 USD) would be used toreinforce the foundations and structure of the tower, which has been in poorcondition for years.

Director of the management board of the My Son Sanctuary Phan Ho said manycracks were found in the tower, some up to 6m long, 18cm wide and 1.2m indepth. The tower is subsided 3 degrees to the south-west.
Ho said the tower, which is close to the B1 and B4 towers, was surrounded bythe Khe The stream, and as such artesian water ran through the B3 tower.

The tower was found to be slanting in 1990 by Polish archaeologist andarchitect Kazimierz Kwiatkowski, known as ‘Kazik’. Its foundations werestrengthened by cement and supports.

According to the management board, parts of structure, including the roof, weredamaged by bombs during the resistance war against the Americans in the 1960s.The tower was then restored by a group of Polish architects in the 1980s.

The B3 tower was built in the 10th century for the worship of Ganesha, theelephant-headed god in Hinduism. He is the son of Shiva and Parvati. It is 9.5mhigh and 5.3m long, with a 4.5m base.

The tower is considered a typical sacred Cham decorated tower in the My SonSanctuary.

The UNESCO-recognised My Son Sanctuary, 70km southwest of Da Nang, is afavourite destination for tourists, along with the UNESCO-recognised worldheritage Hoi An ancient town, and the world Biosphere Reserve Cham Island-HoiAn.

The sanctuary has been a focus of UNESCO support during the past decade.

Experts from the University of Polytechnic of Milan’s Lerici Foundation and theInstitute for Conservation of Monuments of Vietnam helped restore the G towers,including G1, G2, G3 and G5, at a total cost of over 1.6 million USD, funded bythe Italian Government in 2003-13.-VNA
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