Central Java

Central Java is a province on the Indonesian island of Java, with a strong Buddhist and Hindu heritage. It's home to the 9th-century Borobudur Buddhist temple, a national icon carved with thousands of relief panels and Buddha images. The Prambanan Hindu complex, erected about a half-century after Borobudur on the border with Yogyakarta, contains more than 200 temples featuring stone spires, sculptures and carvings.