| Abstract: |
During a year-long scholarship provided by the Indonesian government (Darmasiswa program) the author had the opportunity to explore the ancient shrines of Central Java from an archaeological point of view. He visited these hidden and barely documented temple sites (in bahasa Indonesia: candi) personally, and examined their spatial organisation. As a result of the above mentioned survey, the paper would like to draw attention on this mystic part of Indonesias past. It aims to give a short reflection on the history of Javanese Hindu-Buddhist epoch and a general picture of these special architectural remains. The list of these sites not only includes touristic places (such as Prambanan and Borobudur) but almost unknown, concealed temples (namely Candi Retno, Candi Ijo, Candi Kadisoka, Candi Ngempon, Candi Pendem, Candi Asu, CandiLumbung) as well.
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