Tower By An

Location: Tower By An located in An Dien ward, town of Dien Ban, Quang Nam Province is located on 14 Hoi An ancient town about 14 km from Da Nang city about 30km to the south.
Features: Located on the campus of about 4,000 m2 tower today has only stupa By An octagonal space.
By An tower structure is divided into two parts: The lobby and shrines. Lobby long section, the door to the east, both sides lobby has 2 side doors (restored in 1940 into two windows). The base of 3m high lobby with a wider flare loops road blocks, ending with the horizontal ledge running around. The body of the hall includes a vertical wall angles, the door edging blocks make heart shaped cruciform lobby. Above the body as a calyx shock generated by the road blocks Splayed out of four sides. Roof lobby is a four-sided pyramid blocks curved toward the top receiver. The entire lobby far left relatively intact, though the top was erosion and loss of detail at the edge Releases page.

Part of the tower Sanctuary By An octagonal space. Look away, Sanctuary By An assignment of three distinct parts: the base, octagonal body and pyramidal roof created by eight curved toward the top. The shape of the shrine as a giant block Linga nearly 21m high, while the entire surface of the tower evokes images Yoni.

Outside the current tower 2 Gajasimha sandstone statues, bracelets of Gajasimha By An rattles like rattles round of Gajasimha Chanh Lo and Chien Dan, the stylized mane, the pedicure is evident, short and curved trunk.
Bang An tower is one of the ancient Cham towers remaining in Quang Nam province, is built around the 12th century By An is considered a brick sculptures in the history of Champa sculpture and monuments high value on religious history and beliefs of the Cham.