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Three Days Tour

3/ days tour:
         1st day: Start at 8:30am.=>Angkor Tom ( South Gate Angkor Tom, Bayon, Baphuon, Phimeanakas, Terra of the Elephants, Terra of the Leper King, North Kleang, South Kleang ) =>Chau Say=>Tevoda=>Thommanon=>Ta Keo=>Ta Prohm=>Sunset at Phnom Backeng,

          2nd day: Start at 08:30 =>Prash Khan=>Neak Poan=>Ta Som=>East Mebon=>Pre Rup=>Banteay Kdei=>Angkor Wat,

           3rd day: Start at 05:00 am=>Sunrise at Angkor Wat=>Banteay Srey=>Banteay Samre=>Roluos Group=>Bakong=>Prash Kor=>Lolei The price is $95,

                                        Angkor Thom temple

           

           

Angkor Thom:

           Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by king Jayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.

Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride. (Higham, 121) Khmer capital on the site, however. Yasodharrapura, dating from three centuries earlier, was centred slightly further northwest, and Angkor Thom overlapped parts of it. The most notable earlier temples within the city are the former state temple of Baphuon, and Phimeanqakas , which was incorporated into the Royal Palace. The Khmers did not draw any clear distinctions between Angkor Thom and Yashodharapura: even in the fourteenth century an inscription used the earlier name. (Higham 138) The name of Angkor Thom — great city — was in use from the 16th century. The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived. In the following centuries Angkor Thom remained the capital of a kingdom in decline until it was abandoned some time prior to 1609, when an early western visitor wrote of an uninhabited city, "as fantastic as the Atlantis of Plato" which some thought to have been built by the Roman emperor  Trajan. (Higham 140),

        

Bayon:

               The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman's death, it was modified and augmented by later Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences. The Bayon's most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and massive stone faces on the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak The temple is known also for two impressive sets of Bas-relifs, which present an unusual combination of mythological, Historycal, and mundane scenes. The main current conservatory body, the JSA, has described the temple as "the most striking expression of the ' baroque' style" of Khmer architecture, as contrasted with the 'classical' style of Angkor Wat,

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