Monday, October 12, 2015

Siem Reap 4

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We started the day climbing to the high hill where  Phom Bakheng was built  late 9th century.It was the state temple of the first city of Angkor, representing Mount Meru, the home of the Hindu gods. At the entrance a sculpture of Nandi bull, the vehicle of Shiva with the yellow Buddhist decorations. Afterward we reached, one of the  most popular temples in Angkor, Ta Prohm, built in the late 12th to 13th centuries. In became famous because some scenes of the block -buster Lara Croft movie where shot there. In this temple we can observe the destruction caused by both the large silk-cotton trees (Ceiba pentandra) with light grey corks and the smaller strangler figs. In both cases the roots work their way between masonry, when the tree die, the structure would fall. One the smaller temples, Prasat Kravan, from the 10th century, contains very fine interior brick bas-reliefs, unique in their style.In Banteay Kdei, late 12th century we could admire the entrance, guarded by dragons and the imposing Nagas balustrades, as well as the elegant dancing Apsaras.

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