Prasat Preah Khan of Kampong Svay,You Must Visit.Cambodia Private Taxi Tours

Prasat Preah Khan of Kampong Svay, Cambodia Private Taxi Tours

The archeological complex of Preah Khan of Kampong Svay, also known as Prasat Bakan or Bakan Svay Rolay, is located 100 km east of Angkor, in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. It stands as the largest single religious complex ever built during Angkorian Era, as its exterior enclosure is over 22 km square, even if the isolated location makes it one of the less-visited Angkorian sites.
Preah Khan of Kompong Svay covers an area of about 22.5 kilometers square and has four concentric enclosures. Unusually for Khmer sites (which are typically oriented eastward), the temple complex is aligned to the northeast. It was provided with water by a large baray (2.8 km by 750 m but almost completely dried at present), which crosses the eastern side. On an artificial island (mebon) in the middle of the baray there is Preah Thkol (Khmer: ព្រះថ្កោល), a cruciform temple in sandstone with a standing central tower. In the southeastern corner stands the remains of the 15-meter-high pyramid of Preah Damrei, with laterite enclosure and two stone elephants (Damrei means elephant) at its upper corners. The other two elephants are exhibited at the National Museum of Phnom Penh and Guimet Museum in Paris.

In 1873, the explorer Louis Delaporte visited the complex, studied its ruins while the monument was already damaged. With the agreement of the King of Cambodia, he sent to France examples of reliefs and stone sculpture that were exhibited in the Indochinese Museum of the Trocadéro before being transferred to the collections of the musée Guimet in 1927. After some French missions at the turn of the 19th century, Victor Goloubew in 1937 engaged in aerial surveys which revealed the true extent of the complex.

Many famous Khmer sculptures come from here, such as the putative head of Jayavarman VII which is displayed at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. The sculptures and carvings of Preah Khan are among the peak works of Khmer art, and the temples have been widely sacked in the past. Thieves have also damaged many structures while looting sculptures and carvings during the second half of the 1990s.

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on March 27, 2020 (originally proclaimed September 1, 1992) in the Cultural category.

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