Prasat Prah Khan
prahkhan2.jpg (100923 bytes)1191 A.D., Jayavarman VII

A royal city forming a rectangle of 700 by 800 meters surrounded by a moat and similar to Ta Prohm, but with only four enclosures. Opening to the east to a baray (at the center of which is Neak Pean) via a terrace originally used as a boat landing. The large stale, discovered in 1939, tells us that the temple was dedicated to the king's father. It also refers to the small stone building within the fourthenclosure to the east (of which there is one similar at Ta Prohm) as a house of fire-perhaps for visiting pilgrims. The many small holes in the stone of the central sanctuary could perhaps have been used to fix a bronze panelling. Larger holes to be seen elsewhere were generally used for lifting. Good at any time.

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