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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!
Chroy Ampil Stele (Phnom Sopoar Kalei)
Shelters from where a 7th-century inscription was recorded and registered under K. 116. The stele/plinths have since been moved to a museum (I believe). K. 116 was recorded by Georges Coedes in IC II, p. 134 ČRÛOY AMPİL STELE (K. 116 Corpus, LXII) The sandstone stele fragment (o, 35 x 0, 43 x c, 15) … Read more
Wat Prasat Monisomsan
Also recorded as Moni Saom San Temple. It’s a contemporary pagoda built on the location of an ancient temple site. The contemporary pagoda, albeit showing some age, is quite beautiful and has its own interesting style compared to those in the area. Remains of the ancient site can be seen on the eastern side including … Read more
Preah Bat Phnom Bei
Also known as Wat Phnom Bei, it’s located at the foothill of Phnom Kulen and to the northwest of Beng Mealea temple and features a contemporary pagoda located atop a natural rise with spectacular views across the massif of Kulen and the surrounding plains and hills. On an adjacent rise, an arrangement of rocks forming … Read more
Wat Tbaeng (Banteay Srei District)
A contemporary monastery and pagoda. The site was recorded in an inventory carried out by Boulbert & Dagens in the early 1970s as having the remains of a brick temple. Noting that 350m to the east are the remains of Khnap Temple.
Wat Tnaot Chum
Located on the bank of the Chinit river (Stoeng Chinit), the site is not only quite beautiful for its riverside setting but also for its stupa, an ancient relic, and a library built by the French in 1933. Nearby are the ancient temple sites of Tnaot Chum Khang Cheung Temple and Tnaot Chum Khang Lech … Read more
Wat Ang Popel
Monastery surrounded by a moat with an access road to the west.
Wat Sithor
Built upon a wide low rise, Wat Sithor is an important site in the Middle Ages history of Cambodia but also the location of an ancient site dating to the tenth century. The monastery grounds feature a collection of quite old stupas, one quite prominently on the western side of the pagoda with a smaller … Read more
Wat Preah Vihear Suor
The monastery of Prei Vihear Sour features the remains of several very old stupa, one now protected under a shelter beside the pagoda, along with the remnants of an ancient temple including a Buddha on naga fragment and pedestal amongst other relics. It’s another important site in the post-Angkor 15th-16th century period being one of … Read more
Wat Preah Put Nipean
Today the site of a contemporary monastery and pagoda, it was built on the site of an ancient 7th-century temple whose remains are still visible. The monastery itself has a heritage dating to the Post-Angkorian period with an inscription discovered at the site dated to the 17th century. The Post-Angkorian inscription and a 7th-century inscription … Read more
Phnom Baset South
Located on the hilltop, a monastery, Chinese temple, and venerated remnants of an old stupa.