CANDI BACEM

   Bacem Temple is a temple located in Cungkup Hamlet, Bacem Village, Sutojayan District, Blitar Regency, East Java. This temple made of brick consists of two temples, namely Bacem I temple which has a height of 109 cm, length of 310 cm, width of 300 cm, and Bacem II temple which is 110 cm high, 540 cm long and 500 cm wide. The shape of the two temples is irregular because the bricks arrangement does not show a clear profile, and only the bricks are arranged on the foundation, while the body parts and roof of the temple are no longer found. This temple has an ascending staircase made of andesite stone which is located in the north.
   Bacem ITemple has 6 stone pedestals and two temple stones with antefic angle stones. Whereas in Bacem II Temple, there were 11 swollen fruit, both plain and ornamental, five temple stones and one temple peak. The distance between Bacem I Temple and Bacem II Temple is around 500 m. In Bacem Temple, there are 13 fruits,
   which in the northern building are 7 swifts and the southern part of the building has 6 swear. The size of the swear is not the same, the biggest is the width of the top 15 cm, width below 23 cm, and height of 28 cm. the smallest size, upper width 13.5 cm, width below 18 cm, and height 21 cm. there are some that are decorated and there are plain ones. These swabs are now placed on top of the two temples. Umpak at Bacem Temple serves as a pillar supporting stone.

   There are precarious pieces in the northern temple which have varying lengths of 6 cm, 10 cm, 12 cm, 14 cm, and at most 29 cm. The width of the broken pieces is between 3-10 cm and 3 cm thick. found also pieces of clay that have a circular pattern and not the same shape from the critical fragments. Possibly the fraction is a fraction of the remains of the vase, which has a length of 15 cm and a height of 9 cm. there is an oval stone that has an overall length of 83 cm, a small bottom length of 10 cm, a diameter of 12 cm, and a height of 15 cm. Under the temple there are culverts or drains made of stone, according to the key, Bacem Temple is still buried under 1.5 m deep. the possibility of the water channel being made for drainage of water that has been purified from above or maybe also to channel rainwater into the soil, so that the temple is protected from moisture and wet, so it is not easily damaged.