Localisation :
40 to 50 km to the
North East of Siemreap
Style
:
Between Pre-angkorian and Angkorian Periods
Construction :
Inauguration Founded in 802 – More
than 400 years before Angkor Wat
Initiator :
Jayavarman II, Founder
of the Khmer Empire
Dedication :
Creation of the cult
of a god-king : Devaraja
Visit
:
2 hours including 1
hour climbing to the site
• Phnom Kulen is a hoy mountain in Cambodia
on which in 802, King Jayavarman II has been declared a
god-king.
• An exquisite mountain region of waterfalls and riverbed
carvings. Hundreds of images have been carved into the sandstone
floors along a shady brook.
• The Khmer Rouge used the mountain as a final stronghold for
two decades after losing power in 1979, so nothing is left from
the temples which were built at the time of Javayarman II and
successors..
Comments
• You will for sure enjoy the most beautiful section of the
thousand lingas river cascades, where a majestic sunlit
waterfall streams through dense jungle.
• I would like to organise there a pleasant recreation between
the combined visits of Bantaey Srei and Bang Melea |
