BK2

One of the several brick shrines inside the outer moat and surrounding the enclosure wall and inner moat of Bakong Temple. This one, only the base of the brick structure remains with its sandstone alter still in place.

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Site Info

Historical Inventories of Bakong (Pr.)

  • 1901, E. Aymonier, Le Cambodge, Tome II, pg. 424 (Site Name: Le temple de Bakong Region: L Est de Siem Reap)
  • 1911, E. Lunet de Lajonquière, Inventaire descriptif des monuments du Cambodge, Tome III, pg. 265 (IK #: 584 Site Name: Ba Kong Region: Srok Sutrinikom (Roluos), Khet Siemreap)
  • 1926, Liste des Monuments Historiques, #: 476 Site: Ba Kong. - Important temple, sandstone pyramid and inscribed brick towers. Region: Siemréap
  • 1939, Parmentier, L'art khmèr classique, pg. 110, 234, 245, 336 (Site Name: Bakon (T.))
Rodney Charles LHuillier

Living in Asia for over a decade and now residing in beautiful Siem Reap. Rodney Charles L'Huillier has spent over seven years in Cambodia and is the author of Ancient Cambodia (2024) and Essential Siem Reap (2017, 2019). Contact via [email protected] - more..

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