Located on the far western side of Phnom Penh, Wat Phneat Sampily is a contemporary monastery featuring a grand and ornate multi-spired stupa. The monastery and pagoda grounds are large and quite beautiful featuring several halls, a large basin, several monumental Buddha statues, and so on. But, perhaps the most intriguing is the curious stupa that … Read more
Currently under construction (08/22), Maha Panna Vihara (Khmer: វត្តបញ្ញាធំ) is located on the northwestern side of Phnom Penh and is set to become a major icon of the Buddhist world in Cambodia. The site covers a staggering 200,000 sqm (20 ha) featuring a grand chambered enclosure wall made of massive blocks of stone, as it … Read more
A contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the western side of Phnom Penh. Along with many unique quirks in its decoration, it features several stupas that appear to be many decades old.
A contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the southwestern side of Phnom Penh. It features a couple of stupa that appear to be many decades old.
A beautiful contemporary monastery and pagoda with unique design features, also featuring several older stupas.
Also recorded as Wat Slaeng, a contemporary monastery and pagoda where ancient relics were found.
Today standing as a memorial and remembrance site, Choeung Ek is the site of a former orchard and mass grave of victims of the Khmer Rouge killed between 1975 and 1979. It is the best-known of the sites known as the Killing Fields, where the Khmer Rouge regime executed over one million people between 1975 … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda just south of central Phnom Penh. Under restoration at the time of visiting in 08/22. It features some interesting and beautiful wooden standing Buddha statues which, I wonder how old they may be.
Covering a vast area, the Cambodian Buddhist Center features some grand contemporary Buddhist architecture including a large enclosed stupa, pagoda, halls, statuary, and expansive gardens. It’s free to explore and a very peaceful place located just 20km or so out of Phnom Penh. If you’d like to know about enrolling or studying there you can … Read more
A beautiful contemporary monastery and pagoda located in Ta Chou Village, Kandal Province.
Also recorded as Wat Pich Mkod/Pich Mkot (Wat Ganapti follows Google’s naming). It’s an older and characterful pagoda featuring murals on its outer walls, ornate pediment, unique sema stones demarcating the pagoda along with a chaitya/stupa that perhaps held the original consecration deposit. A beautiful trail leads through the adjacent forest featuring several more smaller … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in the northern region of Lvea Em district nearby the Mekong River.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in the southern region of Ksach Kandal district nearby the Mekong River.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda featuring several older stupa and quite unique murals inside the pagoda. At the time of visiting (08/22) it was under restoration. Located in the southern region of Ksach Kandal district nearby the Mekong River.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in the southern region of Ksach Kandal district nearby the Mekong River.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the bank of the Mekong with views across to Phnom Penh. Nearby, on the north side of the monastery grounds, you can take the vehicle ferry across to Koh Oknha Tei, one of the islands of the Mekong River.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda, one of the oldest in the region and part of the trio together with Yeay Bang (Meban) and Wat Sithor. The site features its original sema stones demarcating the lower level with contemporary sema stones demarcating the upper level. Around 160 east of the site, on the opposite side of the … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located in the middle of Koh Pen, Kampong Cham. The site features a beautiful pagoda and several interesting funerary stupa/chedi and sema.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda on the southeast side of Koh Pen, Kampong Cham. The site features a beautiful pagoda and several interesting funerary stupa/chedi.
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on Koh Pen, just south of the city of Kampong Cham. The pagoda features unique and fascinating murals lining its inner walls along with a large and ornate funerary stupa.
Also known as the former Battambang Provincial Hall and Royal Residence, it was built during the era of Thai occupation and originally designed by an Italian architect in 1905 and later taken over by the French before it was opened, in 1907. It is very similar to the Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Building in Mueang Prachin Buri, … Read more
A beautifully restored old French Colonial building, now used by the National Bank of Cambodia.
Always lively and always with plenty of everything! Fresh produce abounds on the northern side with stalls cooking and grilling all kinds of local foods, pretty much the same on the western and southern side whilst the middle and eastern end features fashion, jewellery, money changers etc, with a convienice store at the very end … Read more
A beautiful contemporary monastery and pagoda, especially so at night, located west of the river on the north side of Battambang city. These shots at dusk 4th Feb 2022 In the day time, 19 Aug 2023
Located in central Battambang at the southern end of Road no1 on the west bank of the Sangker River, the museum houses a fascinating collection. Remnants and artifacts here come from sites across the province dating back to the pre-angkorian era of the 1st-8th century, the Angkorian era from the 9th to 15th century and … Read more
