Preah Vihear Attractions
Preah Vihear is quite a big northern province of Cambodia. Its capital is called Phnom Tbeng Meanchey. The province itself is named after the temple of Prasat Preah Vihear, what is definitely the hotspot of this province. Much of the province is extremely remote and strongly forested. Unfortunately do large logging companies reduce the natural landscape by carving huge tracts of pristine tropical hardwoods out of the locations. It is also one of the least populated provinces in the Kingdom of Cambodia. This tranquil site is popular for the Preah Vihear temple, standing in the vicinity of the borderline between Thailand and Cambodia.
Preah Vihear Temple
Preah Vihear Temple was build in the early 9th century; both then and in the following centuries it was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva in his manifestations as the mountain gods Sikharesvara and Bhadresvara. The ...
Kork Beng Temple
Kork Beng Temple is located in Wat Prasat Chey Preuk on Kork Beng Village, Kampong Pranak commune, Tbiang Meanchey district. The leterite amd sandstone temple was built between AD 936 and 951 by a commander name Kork on ...
Krapum Chhouk Temple
Krapum Chhouk Temple is located in Romdos commune, Rovieng district, about 45 kilometers south of the provincial town. The laterite and sanstone temple was built in the late 10th century to worship ...
Neak Buos Temple
Neak Buos Temple is located in Choam Ksan district, about 75 kilometers north of Tbiang Meancheay provincial town. The laterite, sanstone and brick temple is 50 meters square and built on a plain to worship Brahmanism. ...
Bakan temple
Bakan temple was likely a royal palace and worship place. According to historians, the site used to be a hiding place of King Jayavarman VII before he ascended to the throne in AD 1181 because the style of some ...
Noreay temple
Noreay temple are located in Krala Peal Village, Pring Thom commune, Choam Ksan district, about 32 kilometers northeast of Preah Vihear provincial town. There are 3 temples stand separate from each other about 200 ...
Prasat Chrap Temple
Prasat Chrap Temple was build in early 10th century this is a small temple with three sanctuary towers made of laterite, each of which is heavily damaged. The sanctuary interiors are completely blackened by fire, and ...
Prasat Damrei Temple
Prasat Damrei Temple was built in early 10th century, Prasat Damrei is mean elephants Temple that are guard the four corners of the sanctuary ('Damrei' is Khmer for 'elephant'). The temple was built in honor of Shiva, ...
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Prasat Chen Temple
Prasat Chen is the most north of this group and lies too on the west side of the street. It has two enclosures. The main entrance door (now collapsed) was itself a sanctuary with a square central room (one side measured ...
Prasat Pram Temple
Prasat Pram Temple is on the west side of the road. A small (300 metres (328 yd)) long path leads to the monument. It has five towers or prasats (pram = five). Three brick towers stand in a row on the same platform. ...
Prasat Balang Temple
The Prasat Balang is the first of three Linga-Shrines standing along the ring-road. It is a square laterite building standing on a platform and has one doorway and an open roof. In the sanctuary is an impressive lingam ...
Preah Kham Kampong Svay Temple
Preah Khan Kompong Svay is an enormous temple complex located about 100 kilometers due east of Angkor (about 170 kilometers by modern road). The name of the temple is a modern designation referring to the former name of ...