Bakong, Cambodia
Bakong
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 official state temple of king Indravarman I within the capital city of Hariharalaya, today known as Roluos. The structure of Bakong took the shape of a stepped pyramid, popularly identified as temple mountain in early Khmer temple architecture.
- City
- Bakong
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
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