Banteay Kdei – The “Citidel of Monks’ Chambers” – was built in the mid-12th to early 13th centuries in the Bayon architectural style, but is smaller and less complex.
Its structures enclosed inside two successive walls from which emerge towers with a cloister in the east.
The citadel actually was occupied by monks as recently as the 1960s, but its original poor design and low-quality sandstone has caused it to decay. It’s now vacant and being restored.
