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A map of Wats and Pagodas in Cambodia including those visited and planning to visit. For the most part, these are pagodas connected with ancient sites and those visited along the journey in between. It’s a relatively small map considering that according to the Ministry of Cults and Religion (via Khmer Times), Cambodia has 5,104 Buddhist pagodas with 70,905 monks!

Wat Romlok (Takeo)

Contemporary monastery and pagoda and provenance of an inscribed stele registered under K. 27 which is stored at the nearby Angkor Borei Museum. The contemporary pagoda we see today retains fragments of its important post and pre-Angkorian era heritage with sandstone pedestals implanted and used to demarcate the pagoda itself. Historical Images The images below … Read more

Wat Prei Phkoam

Also recorded as Sambour Sakor Pagoda, a contemporary monastery and pagoda where two inscriptions, K. 28 and K. 1032 were discovered.

Wat Preah Chy

Contemporary monastery where ancient temple fragments were discovered.

Wat Phnom Khlaeng

Contemporary monastery located on an ancient temple site atop a small hill

Wat Kampong Luong (Angkor Borei)

Contemporary monastery and pagoda located on the river bank of Angkor Borei. A seated Buddha statue was removed from the pagoda here and now resides in the Phnom Penh National Museum. According to Nancy Dowling’s study, the statue likely dates to 660-665 AD. The statue was lacquered which, researchers discovered had taken place in four … Read more

Wat Kampaeng

Also recorded as Wat Kampeng, located behind the monastery’s pagoda is an ancient square brick temple on a raised laterite base tightly surrounded by funerary stupas. The brick temple opens to the east with a short forebody with a sandstone doorframe where remnants of round brick columns are seen flanking the doorway which also has … Read more

Wat Char

Monastery where fragments of an ancient statue were found

Wat Baray (Takeo)

Surrounded by a moat that is unusually accessed from the west, are the partially standing remains of a rectangular brick temple that is today flanked by a pagoda and monastery. It’s also called Choub Poul Temple of Wat Baray. The brick temple is a little unusual in that it is a rectangular construction and devoid … Read more