Bakong is the earliest sandstone temple mountain constructed under the Khmer Empire located at Angkor, near present-day Siem Reap in Cambodia. Built in the late ninth century CE, it served as the offi
Roulos Group 005 Bakong
A statue of a lion guards the stairs on the central pyramid.
Le Bakong, temple montagne
The Khmer Empire was an empire in mainland Southeast Asia, centred on hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia. Known as Kambuja by its inhabitants, it grew out of the former civilisation of
Bakong
…Bakong (Khmer: បាគង ) is the earliest sandstone temple mountain constructed under the Khmer Empire located at Angkor, near present-day Siem Reap in Cambodia. Built in the late ninth century CE, it served as the official state temple of king Indravarman…
Temple of Banteay Srei, built 967 AD
Banteay Srei, a 10th-century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva
Ta Keo, a state temple built around the year 1000