Cronologia Khmer

500 d.C. – 1431 d.C. · 4 siti

L'archeologia imperiale Khmer comprende templi e la città idraulica che li circonda. Le indagini LiDAR di Angkor Wat (2012, 2015) hanno mostrato la Grande Angkor come un complesso urbano a bassa densità di strade, tumuli domestici e baray — non una giungla di santuari isolati.

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Known by the Most Names in Cambodia

Angkor Wat

1113 d.C. – 1218 d.C.

Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument, was built as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu by Khmer king Suryavarman II, later evolving into a Buddhist complex.

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Longest Continuously Occupied Site in Cambodia

Angkor Thom

1181 d.C. – 1431 d.C.

The last great walled capital of the Khmer Empire, built by King Jayavarman VII at the end of the 12th century CE as the centrepiece of a massive Buddhist building programme following decades of warfare. At its heart stands the Bayon Temple, its 54 towers carved with 216 enormous, serenely smiling stone faces — among the most instantly recognisable images in world archaeology — surrounded by the Terrace of the Elephants, the Terrace of the Leper King, and the royal palace precinct of Phimeanakas.

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Wat Phou

500 d.C. – 1300 d.C.

A Khmer Hindu sanctuary complex on the slopes of Phou Kao in Champasak, southern Laos, aligned to a sacred spring and linga mountain. UNESCO-listed with the associated ancient city of Shrestrapura on the Mekong plain.

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Oldest Temple in Cambodia

Preah Vihear

890 d.C. – 1150 d.C.

A Khmer cliff-top temple dedicated to Shiva on the Dangrek escarpment, looking north over the Cambodian plain. Built mainly in the 9th–12th centuries and inscribed by UNESCO; long contested at the Thai–Cambodian border.

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