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City of Angkor: Bayon
City of Angkor: Bayon
September 12, 2018 In Blog Cambodia No Comment

Prasat Bayon, the 12th/13th century state temple of King Jayavarman VII, is often described as the “temple of 200 faces”. While Bayon is comprised by numerous levels and galleries, it’s the top level, with multitude of serene and smiling stone faces on 37 towers that’s its most-famous attraction.

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City of Angkor: Ta Prohm
City of Angkor: Ta Prohm
September 12, 2018 In Blog Cambodia No Comment

Its appearance in Angelina’s Jolie’s version of “Tomb Raider” put Ta Prohm on the “must see” lists of every tourist that visits Angkor. And, unlike other Cambodian temples in that film, the 12th century temple and university is faithfully rendered, merged with the jungle, but not yet completely part of it.

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City of Angkor: Preah Khan
City of Angkor: Preah Khan
September 11, 2018 In Blog Cambodia No Comment

The “Royal Sword”, Preah Khan was, in the 12th century, a city, temple and Buddhist university with 97,840 attendants and servants, including 1,000 dancers and 1,000 teachers.

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City of Angkor: Ta Nei
City of Angkor: Ta Nei
September 12, 2018 In Blog Cambodia No Comment

Located deep in the jungles of Angkor, Ta Nei is a small temple located on the northwest corner of the East Baray holy reservoir, Many guides don’t even know how to find Ta Nai, so it isn’t popular with tourists.

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City of Angkor: Banteay Kdei
City of Angkor: Banteay Kdei
September 11, 2018 In Blog Cambodia No Comment

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.

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Angkor Thom’s North Gate, Preah Paliley & the Terrace of the Leper King
Angkor Thom’s North Gate, Preah Paliley & the Terrace of the Leper King
September 11, 2018 In Blog Cambodia No Comment

This Angkor gallery features two sites inside Angkor Thom (The Great City of Angkor) and its northern gate.

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