With an auspicious name, Wat Keo, on the north side of Battambang city and the east side of the Sangker River, features an old pagoda that is immediately followed by a contemporary pagoda to its south. Unusually, the site is orientated to the north along a north-south axis while traditionally pagodas, and ancient temples too, … Read more
Contemporary monastery and pagoda located 600m to the northwest of Wat Samrong Knong in Battambang.
A contemporary monastery and pagoda located around 1km north of Wat Samrong Knong on the east side of the Sangker River in Battambang. It’s built in the mid-1900s Battambang style and features a nice garden with…dinosaurs. Cambodia has some dinosaur-related discoveries in Koh Kong Province, while Battambang has an ancient marine fossil site at Phnom … Read more
A very special monastery and remembrance site featuring a contemporary pagoda, the original pagoda from the 19th century, and is also a sacred site for the remembrance of tragic events in the Khmer Rouge era. The grounds are quite large and you can stroll around the contemporary pagoda and the older pagoda. There’s an exhibit/museum … Read more