The old Champa people gave their spirit to the land and the stone and relied on nature to make Mỹ Sơn rich, sacred and imposing. Its is an invaluable museum of architecture and sculpture that is difficult to understan
  ( The late architect Kasimierz Kwakowski )

Người Chàm cổ đã gởi tâm linh vào đất, đá và đã biết dựa vào thiên nhiên để làm nên một Mỹ Sơn tráng lệ, thâm nghiêm và hùng vĩ. Ðây là một bảo tàng kiến trúc điêu khắc nghệ thuật vô giá của nhân loại mà cỏn lâu chúng ta mới hiểu hết.

Champa towers and sand-stone statues are the keystone of the Champa architecture. In opposition to the Khmers,Champa people  continued to build the brick edifices in spite of the perfect mastery of sand-stone in the decorations and statues.

Champa religious architecture was influenced by that of India, which in its general architecture comprises a main temple (or kalan in the cham language) surrounded by additional shrines or monuments. Carving the bricks was a technique done by Champa artists, not by any others in Southeast Asia.

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