RAFAEL BARAGAÑO

End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist. ‘The entwined naga’. Built as an island 350 meters square, in the middle of the Preah Khan Baray. A square central basin has at its center a circular base for the sanctuary ringed with two entwined nagas (serpents). Four gargoyles in small sanctuaries discharge into smaller square basins…

End of 9th century Yasovarman I Hindu (Shiva). Four brick towers (though perhaps originally six) set on a two tiered base in the middle of the Lolei Baray, (Indratataka), a large ancient reservoir of 3.8 by 0.8 kilometers. The inscription tells us that excavation of the baray began five days after the consecration of Indravarman…

End of 12th century Jayavarman VII. Named after the statue found there which is in fact of Yama, the god and judge of the dead. From epigraphic evidence, Georges Coedes therefore suggests that it may have been the location of Hemagri – the mount meru – where the “inspector of faults and qualities” perhaps once…

End of 12th century Jayavarman VII Buddhist. A small temple of two enclosures. The central tower in the Bayon style is preceded by a library, built in laterite and sandstone, to the south of the axis.

921 AD Hashavarman I Hindu. Five brick towers, aligned north – south on a common brick base, within a single enclosure and moat. Extensively restored. The inscribed door frames mention the setting of a statue of Vishnu in 921. Germany doing its part

Hindu / Buddhist. A collection of five small temples (one of which is Buddhist) and a terrace (a stone plinth originally supporting some form of lightweight structure) at the far north-east of the royal square. Unfortunately badly ruined, but the high quality of decoration classifies them with the best period of classic art – that…

The carving of vestiges began with the reign of King Suryavarman I and ended with the reign of King Udayadityavarman II; these two kings ruled between the 11th and 12th centuries.[1][2] The 1,000 lingas, but not other sculptures, are attributed to a minister of Suryavarman I during the 11th century, and these were carved by…

End of 12th century Jayavarman VII. The foundation platform of the royal audience hall, described by Chou Ta-Kuan in 1296 “In the counsel hall, the window frames are of gold: to the left and right are square pillars bearing forty or firty mirrors, below them are elephants”. “Here, on the central perron amidst the ringing…

It was built during the reign of Jayavarman VIII in honor of a Brahmin scholar called Mangalartha, assimilated to Vishnu. It’s cruciform in plan and opens to east, while on the other cardinal points there are false doors. The sanctuary chamber sheltered two statues, one of Mangalartha and the other of his mother, whose pedestal…

952 AD Rajendravarman II Hindu (Shiva). At the center of the Eastern Baray and so originally only accessible by boat. A temple mountain in brick and laterite but with a three meter high platform carrying five towers arranged in a quincunx rather than a central tiered pyramid. The large foundation stele describes the dedication to…

Beginning of 12th century Suryavarman II Hindu. Similar in style to Thommanon to the North, but in an advanced state of ruin. A raised causeway on three rows of piers links the temple via a cruciform terrace to the river. New Years Party, Chau Say Tevoda side Asian New Year’s eve has a different calendar…