Prasat BaphuonNorth of the Golden Tower [Bayon], rises the Tower of Branze [Baphuon] higher even than the Golden Tower : a truly astonishing spectacle, with more than ten chambers at its base.
Prasat Baphuon is located 200 metres (656 feet) northwest of the Bayon and south of Phimeanakas....
The tenth century temple of Banteay Srei is renowned for its intricate decoration carved in pinkish sandstone that covers the walls like tapestry. This site warrants as much time as your schedule allows.
Prasat Banteay SreyThe roads have been recently repaired and it takes about 30...
Prasat Krawan is located in the east of Angkor Wat and south of Banteay Kdei. A enter and ignore the east
Prasat KravanTip: The reliefs in this tower are best viewed in the morning when the east light enters bounce, in the afternoon they are barely visible.
It was inherent the first...
Beng MealeaPrasat Beng Mealea was built by king Suryavarman II, early 12th century by primary deity to Vishnu with architecture of Angkor Wat.
This temple is located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, and 77 km from Siem Reap by road.
Beng Mealea (its name means "lotus...
Prast BakongBakong is located at Roluos south of Preah Ko. Enter and leave the temple at the east. A modern Buddhist temple is situated to the right of the east entrance to Bakong. It was introduce late ninth century (881) by king Indravarman I bend Siva (Hindu) followed Prah Ko art...
The capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, is located at the confluence of three rivers - the Mekong, the Bassac and Tonle Sap. The city is divided into three sections - the north, an attractive residential area; the south or the French several the city with its...
It is a testimony to the love of symmetry and balance which evolved its style....in pure simplicity of rectangles its beauty is achieved. It is a pyramid mounting in terraces, five of them ...Below Bak-Keng lays all the world of mystery, the world of the Khmer, more mysterious ever...
Phimean AkasPhimeanakas is located inside the enclosure of the Royal Palace of Angkor Thom north of Baphuon
Phimeanakas perchance reached on foot either from Prah Palilay or from the Terrace of the Elephants. Pass through the gap in the south side of the enclosing wall of Prah and...
The lovely temple of Mebon, a pyramid of receding terraces on which are placed many detached edifices, the most effective being the five towers which crown the top Could any conception be lovelier, a vast expanse of sky-tinted water as wetting for a perfectly ordered temple.
The...
Two symmetrical shrines, Thom Manon and Chau Say alike in design and structure and twins also in ruin.
Chau Say Tevoda is located in east of the Gate of Victory of Angkor Thom, across the road south from Thommanon, 500metres (1,640feet) off the road. A enter and leave Chau Say Tevoda...
Angkor Wat, in its beauty and state of preservation, is unrivaled. Its mightiness and magnificence bespeak a pomp and a luxury surpassing that of a Pharaoh or a Shah Jahan, an impressiveness beyond that of the Pyramids, an artistic distinctiveness as fine as that of the Taj Mahal....
Angkor Thom is undeniably an expression of the highest genius. It is, in three dimensions and all a scale worthy of an entire nation, the materialization of Buddhist cosmology, representing ideas that only great painters would dare to portray.
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Angkor Thom, the last capital...
