Temple of Preah Khan (Preah Khan)

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Temple of Preah Khan is located northeast of Angkor Thom and west of Barai Dzhayatataka, with whom he was associated. They built in 1191 on the spot where the king won a decisive battle against the Cham. The area of the temple is surrounded by a moat and has dimensions of 800 by 700 meters. The main shrine was restored and richly decorated, bar and bas-reliefs are images of Buddhist and Hindu epics. Preah Khan was a royal city and distributed more than 56 hectares. On the territory there they founded a hospital and many other buildings. In 1994, the World Monuments Fund began restoration work.

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Temple Prasat Cravant (Prasat Kravan)

Prasat Cravant located south of Barai AKDN Srang. It was reconstructed in 19th century by the French, it consists of five brick towers on the central hill. The temple is not nothing particularly remarkable, uncommon only a few brick reliefs are still in the interior. On the central tower are reliefs of Vishnu, Vamana, Garuda. The western tower has reliefs Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu. The Goddess holds the trident of Shiva, which shows her as a great goddess. More traditional image of Lakshmi in a lotus pond, shown on the opposite wall.

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Temple NEAC Pin (Neak Pean)

NEAC Pin had become a symbol of the universe. The central tower represents Mount Meru, surrounded by four oceans. The central pool had to have four islands, of which there is only one in the face of horse Balah. Surrounding the chapel are four Phnom Yukantor, with four pools of the infinite ocean. Under the second interpretation, the central basin lake duplicate Anavatara, a mythical sacred place in the Himalayas.