Borobudur

The Borobudur is a Buddhist Temple in Central Java 40 kilometers Northwest of Jogyakarta on the Kedu plain. It was build in the 9th century during the peak of the Sailendra dynasty. Nobody knows why it was abandoned, maybe higher volcanic activity caused it. The Kedu plain lies between two twin vulcanoe , Sumbing and Sundoro at one side and Merapi and Merbabu on the other side. During the British administration in the period of 1811-1816 it was rediscoverd, overgrown by the jungle. On an inspection tour to Semarang, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles was informed of a temple in the jungle and he sent someone to investigate. In 1835 the temple was unearthed. The Borobudur was restaurated in the 20th century with help from Unesco and it is now one of the main tourist attractions of Indonesia.
The link to the wikipedia article about the borobudur is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur