Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Wat Phnom is an artificial hill of 27 meters, built in 1373 which is the highest Buddhist edifice in Phnom Penh. Legend has it that in 1372 a wealthy lady asked all the inhabitants to help raising up a real little hill on a hillock in front of her house, called Phnom Don Penh together with neighbors, built a sanctuary on the phnom to place four statues of buddha found in a large Koki tree trunk that had drifted away from the mainland. In 1434 King Ponhea Yat established a city around Phnom by giving the name Phnom Don Penh which became soon after Phnom Penh. A large stupa was built at the top of the hill to store ashes his family. This stupa has been renovated and transformed several times in: 1434, 1806, 1894, 1926, these works have embellished the site of Wat Phnom over time.
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