Located some 20 kilometres north of Quy Nhơn on a hill to the east of National Highway 1A (close to the intersection with National Highway 19), Bánh Ít Chăm Towers comprise four structures, all that now remain of a larger group constructed during the 11th century. The meaningless name 'Silver Tower' was given to the complex by the French, apparently due to a mistranslation of a local Vietnamese name for the towers. The architecture of the complex marks the first flowering of the monumental and imposing Bình Định style (late 11th-early 14th centuries), which emerged after King Sri Yang Puku Vijaya, under pressure from the Đại Việt to the north, moved the Chăm capital south to present-day Bình Định Province. The two main structures at the summit of the hill comprise a beautifully-decorated central kalan flanked on its south side by a building for the preparation of offerings to the deity with a horse saddle-shaped roof; both are surrounded by debris and foundations of other buildings. Below on the south side of the hill stands a gate tower and on the south east side a further tower. One of the most valuable pieces found at Bánh Ít by the French colonial authorities - a magnificent statue of Shiva - has pride of place in the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet in Paris. Bánh Ít towers are currently undergoing restoration by the provincial authorities.