Wat Banan (Khmer: ភ្នំបាណន់) is the best-preserved of the Khmer temples in Battambang Province. The distinctive five towers of the temple are similar...
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Battambang province (section Wat Banan)
beauty". Wat Banan (Khmer: ភ្នំបាណន់), some 25 km south of Battambang city, has been likened to a smaller version of the more imposing Angkor Wat. The 11th...
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Angkor Wat (/ˌæŋkɔːr ˈwɒt/; Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia. Located on a site measuring 162...
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between Poipet and Phnom Penh. However, the bamboo train was rebuilt near Wat Banan in order to cater to the local tourism industry. The relocated site opened...
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Vyadhapura Wat Wat Athvea Wat Bakan, an ancient pagoda in Bakan district, Pursat province Wat Banan Wat Botum Wat Ek Phnom Wat Langka Wat Moha Montrey Wat Nokor...
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Angkor (section Construction of Angkor Wat)
approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries. The city houses the Angkor Wat, one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions. The name Angkor is derived...
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have sustained a population of 80,000–150,000 people. The Poem of Angkor Wat composed in Khmer verse in 1622 describes the beauty of Angkor Thom. Angkor...
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Yasovarman II in the early 12th century, it is a Hindu temple in the Angkor Wat style. Named after the Samré, an ancient people of Indochina, the temple...
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Aek commune, 14 kilometers (9 mi) from the provincial town. Prasat Banan (Phnom Banan) This temple adapts architecture of the mid-11th century and the end...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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style (c.825-875) Koh Ker style (941-944) Baphuon style (1010-1080) Angkor Wat style (1100-1175) Bayon style (late 12th to early 13th century) Earlier Khmer...
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Wat Althea, also called Prasat Vat Althea, is a 12th-century Hindu temple at Angkor, Cambodia with an active Buddhist temple and cemetery adjacent to...
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Kulen mountain range is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwards from Angkor Wat. Its name means "mountain of the lychees". There is a sacred hilltop site...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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Banteay Prey Nokor (redirect from Wat Nokor)
Kompong Cham, Cambodia. Known locally as temple of "Wat Nokor in Khum of Kompong Siem", or "Wat Angkor", around 2 km from the provincial capital Kampong...
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foundations of Hariharalaya, but that of the 12th-century temple city Angkor Wat. Though the pyramid at one time must have been covered with bas relief carvings...
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However, it is established that the temple is a contemporary of the Angkor Wat as many similarities have been identified between the two, and also with...
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of Khmer architecture, as contrasted with the classical style of Angkor Wat (Khmer: ប្រាសាទអង្គរវត្ត). The original name for the Bayon is Jayagiri (Khmer:...
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latter). Built in the mid-12th century, it is a Hindu temple in the Angkor Wat period. It is dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu with unique types of female sculptures...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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Thommanon have concluded that it was built around the time when work on Angkor Wat was begun. However, there is some disagreement as to the precise date it...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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Ta Prohm does not have many narrative bas-reliefs (as compared to Angkor Wat or Angkor Thom.)[citation needed] At any rate, some depictions of scenes...
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OCLC 639315496. Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 2004. p. 696. ISBN 9781576077702...
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Ker Kuhak Nokor Phnom Banan Phnom Bayangkao Phnom Chhnok Phnom Chiso Phnom Da Preah Khan Kompong Svay Preah Vihear Sambor Prei Kuk Tonle Bati Wat Nokor...
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