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26 septembre 2007

Leper King Terrace

Leper King Terrace
. The terrace of the Leper King lies just to the north of the Terrace of the Elephants, aligned with it but standing separate. As a mound of masonry about 25 metres across by 6 high, it forms a redented bastion with sides that are lined in sandstone and...
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25 septembre 2007

Bayon Faces

Bayon Faces
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24 septembre 2007

Bayon

Bayon
. Separated by less than a century, the Bayon is the antithesis of Angkor Wat. While this latter sits at ease in its successive enclosure walls, realising according to a spacious plan a vast architectural composition through the harmonious equilibrium...
22 septembre 2007

Ta Som

Ta Som
. From the eastern Mebon, Ta Som appears on the right, a little after the 13th kilometre marker stone, as a tower with four faces of Lokesvara entwined within the roots of a giant Ficus tree that crowns it perfectly. Several of the roots have pierced...
21 septembre 2007

Neak Pean

Neak Pean
. Just beyond Krol Ko, the 300 metre route leads to the small island of Neak Pean. This is the “Mebon” of the Prah Khan baray (the “Jayatataka” of the inscription) measuring 3,500 metres by 900 - the two monuments being aligned on the same axis. The island,...
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20 septembre 2007

Prah Kan

Prah Kan
The large ensemble of Prah Khan, forming a rectangle of 700 metres by 800 surrounded by moats, covers an area of 56 hectares. It is, like Ta Prohm with which it has many analogies, an example typical of the formula adopted by Jayavarman VII: - all the...
19 septembre 2007

Pre Rup

Pre Rup
. An impressive work of impeccable proportions, constructed almost entirely of warm coloured materials (laterite and brick) at a time when sandstone was only used sparingly, Pre Rup needs to be visited either early in the morning or at sunset. Its relatively...
18 septembre 2007

East Mebon

East Mebon
. Measuring two kilometres north-south by seven kilometres east-west, East Mebon is enclosed by an earth embankment and marked at each of its four corners with a stele set in a shelter. Identified as the “ Eastern Lake” it was realised during the reign...
17 septembre 2007

Banteay Samre

Banteay Samre
. The Samres are an indigenous people of uncertain origin - they populated the region at the foot of the Kulen hills, and the inhabitants of Pradak are considered as their descendants. The monument itself has its own story, related with particular relish...
15 septembre 2007

Banteay Srei

Banteay Srei
The miniature temple of Banteay Srei is located twenty kilometres north-east of the Bayon. Situated in the middle of the forest, small in scale and in a region lacking in archaeological remains, one can understand why it escaped general attention for...
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