At Phnom Bakheng
Phnom Bakheng was built in the late 9th to early 10th century when King Yasovarian decided to move the Capital from Roluos to nearby Angkor. Angkor being the town in which the famous temple Angkor Wat was built, about 100 years after Phnom Bakheng. He built Phnom Bakheng(PB) as a state temple. It is uniquely on a hill, only about 200 feet high, but giving a clear view of the surroundings…
What is the project?
Phnom Bakheng was the first temple built by the Khmers when they settled the area at the site called Angkor in the late 9th to 10th Century. It is built on the top plateau of a natural stone hill, a “mountain temple,” a five tiered central temple. The design is a “quincunx,” a cool word, which is a figure of five points, four at each corner of the square and one in the center…