Dangkao District
Maha Panna Vihara
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
Wat Trapeang Sala
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.
Wat Prey Veng
A beautiful contemporary monastery and pagoda with unique design features, also featuring several older stupas.
Wat Sleng (Phnom Penh)
Also recorded as Wat Slaeng, a contemporary monastery and pagoda where ancient relics were found.
Cheung Aek Genocidal Center
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
Wat Tudongk Chamkar Doung
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.
Wat Krang Tnung
Also recorded as Wat Krang Thnong. A contemporary monastery and pagoda that is partially surrounded by a moat, and, where ancient temple remnants were found and registered under K 796.
Wat Kôk Khsach
Monastery where were found registered under the registration number K.763 and a statuette fragment. (Parmentier, 1935 – Cisark)
Wat Kôk Banhchân
Monastery partially surrounded by a moat with a large basin in the east, where were found a stele representing deities 9 (Navagraha) sandstone, a deity figure, a bell bronze, laterite blocks and bricks.
Wat Chum
It is located on the northwestern side of Phnom Penh and is set to become one of the city’s beautiful pagodas. Under restoration at the time (08/22), the contemporary monastery and pagoda features several monumental statues and, according to reports, once held remnants of an ancient temple including a Prei Khmeng style lintel that would … Read more
Wat Chhouk Va
Located on the northwestern side of Phnom Penh, it is a contemporary pagoda that is partially surrounded by a moat with a small shrine containing remnants of an ancient temple and several old and very characterful stupa.