Overview
My Son is a complex of Hindu tower temples in a jungle valley in Quang Nam province, central Vietnam. It was built from the 4th to the 13th century by the kings of Champa — the Cham kingdom of central Vietnam, not the Vietnamese dynasties — as their foremost sanctuary, dedicated chiefly to Shiva worshipped as Bhadreshvara.
Description
The towers are built of red brick with sandstone elements. The bricks are fitted so tightly, apparently without visible mortar, that the construction technique is still being studied. About seventy structures once stood on the site.
History and legacy
Many of the buildings, including the finest tower group, were destroyed by American bombing in 1969 during the Vietnam War, and roughly twenty survive in varying states of repair. My Son was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999 and is the most important Champa site in Vietnam.