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Article: Delight.(THE PHNOM BAKHENG TEMPLE COMPLEX AT ANGKOR WAT.)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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ONE OF THE JEWELS' OF KHMER CULTURE, THE PHNOM BAKHENG TEMPLE COMPLEX AT ANGKOR WAT IS TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMME THAT WILL ENSURE THE MONUMENT'S FUTURE.
Seat of the mighty Khmer Empire for over six centuries from AD 800, the city of Angkor is one of the world's cultural and architectural wonders. Among its historic buildings and structures is the temple complex of Phnom Bakheng, perhaps the least understood and explored of all Angkor's monuments. Built in the late ninth century by the Khmer king Yasovarman I, who moved his capital from Roluos to Angkor, Phnom Bakheng is one of the foremost examples of the 'temple mountain' style, in ...