Preah Vihear Temple staircase repaired

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The Ministry of Culture has announced that restoration of Preah Vihear Temple’s northern staircase have been completed, under the project of the US Embassy Fund for Cultural Preservation (2020-2021). In January, the United States provided a total of $420,000 in grants to Cambodia for the repair and preservation of temples in Preah Vihear province and Phnom Bakheng Temple in Siem Reap.

 

The ministry statement released on Monday said the first grant was of $120,000 for the National Authority of Preah Vihear to preserve the northern staircase of the 11th-century temple there, including work to restore the ancient drainage system along both sides of the staircase.

 

According to the statement, the technical team of the Department of Resorts and Archeology of the National Authority of Preah Vihear has completed restorations of the ancient waterway system in two places. It said the team also dug a new canal 56 metres north of the ancient staircase to release and collect rainwater from the bottom of the stairs to flow into the natural canal.

 

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