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Udong Sights

Vihear Preah Ath Roes

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The larger ridge, Phnom Preah Reach Throap (Hill of the Royal Fortune), is so named because a 16th-century Khmer king is said to have hidden the national treasury here during a war with the Thais. The most impressive structure on Phnom Preah Reach Throap is Vihear Preah Ath Roes. The vihara and the Buddha, dedicated in 1911 by King Sisowath, were blown up by the Khmer Rouge in 1977.

Only sections of the walls, the bases of eight enormous columns and the right arm and part of the right side of the Buddha remain. The Buddha has been reconstructed and the roof is currently being rebuilt.

 

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