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Khmer castle or Prasat in Thailand


Assurancetourix

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Was looking after that line but didn't see it, so ...

There are many Prasat in E-San not only in Surin , Sri Saket and Buriram provinces ;

we have some in Sakon Nakhon , Udon Thani, Nakhon Phanom provinces

I begin with the most beautiful ( for me ) :

Phanom Rung in Buriram province , not far from Nang Rong which is on road 24

The camera is a Nikon E4500 - photos shots in june 2009 - retouched pictures with FastStone

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Thank you Chonburiram; especially the last ones in Kanchanaburi;

I went there many times but don't know where are my photos ;

lost in Bruges, maybe cheesy.gif ;

That Prasat is very close the railway line going to Sai Yok; maybe one kilometer from Tham Krasae cave and train station .

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Sa Kaeo province

Prasat Khao Noi Si Chomphu

Aranyaprathet border town, with Poipet on the Cambodian side

12km south of Aranyaprathet is Prasat Khao Noi Si Chomphu (ปราสาทเขาน้อยสีชมพู)

Prasat Khao Noi Si Chomphu is believed to have been a Hindu shrine, and is dated as being built in the year 637AD.

Made of bricks without any use of mortar, it comprises 3 brick constructions, the northern and central Prang and the southern Wihan.

Only the central one remains in quite a good condition, while only the bases of the northern and the southern ones are left.

A restoration is underway.

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Prasat Mueang Sing, Kanchanaburi.

Western outpost of the Khmer Kingdom.

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Your first photo with FastStone ; I think it's a little bit better

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Oh,

Thank you, very much!

Was thinking about making an excuse for the "darkness".

Looks like I have to meditate about image editing again...

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Anyone have photos of Phimai ?

I believe I am right in saying you can draw a straight from there, though Phanom Rung to Angkor Wat.

Here's my contribution to this beautiful and most informative thread of Assurancetourix's.

Phimai, Korat.

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another from near Aranyaprathet in Sa Kaeo province; about 40km northish from town, near the Cambodian border. My photos below from 2010 - there was some restoration work going on, maybe a little improved now in 2015. Non-commercial - the only people there were a few stone workers, otherwise we had the place to ourselves. Very peaceful. but we were told to keep on the tracks - despite demining being complete

Sdok Kok Thom (สด๊กก๊กธม)

An 11th Century Khmer temple located about 43km northeast of the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. The temple was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Constructed by a prominent priestly family, Sdok Kok Thom is best known as the original site of one of the most illuminating inscriptions left behind by the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of Southeast Asia from the end of the 9th century to the 15th century. Built of red sandstone and laterite, the temple is a prime example of a provincial seat of worship during the empire’s golden age. It is small by the standards of the major monuments in Angkor, the empire’s capital, but shares their basic design and religious symbolism.tumblr_lx0mmwYRol1r98m1bo1_1280.jpg

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Some info from from wiki:

Following the Vietnamese army's invasion of Cambodia in 1978 and the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge government, the forested area around the temple became the site of a large camp of Cambodian refugees, known as Nong Samet Camp or Rithysen. The camp was controlled by anti-communist guerrillas known as Khmer Serei, who were opposed to the Vietnamese presence in Cambodia. The camp eventually became an important source of support for the Khmer People's National Liberation Front.

In 2002, with the Cambodian conflict long settled and the refugees gone, the Japan Alliance for Humanitarian Demining Support, the Thailand Mine Action Center and the General Chatichai Choonhavan Foundation began cooperating on a program to remove landmines and other unexploded ordnance from the area.[10] Local villagers were recruited and trained for this work, which ended in 2004 after the removal of 76 mines and other pieces of ordnance.[11]

Over the years, the temple had fallen into a grave state of disrepair, due to the passage of time and plundering by art thieves. In the 1990s, the Thai government’s Fine Arts Department began an extensive restoration of the temple (see photos at [12] and [13]). Workers have cleared brush and trees and excavated soil on the temple grounds down to its original level. Fallen stones have been cataloged and returned to what experts believe to be their original positions; masons have fashioned replacements for missing or severely damaged stones. Moats have been dug out and refilled with water.

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Anyone have photos of Phimai ?

I believe I am right in saying you can draw a straight from there, though Phanom Rung to Angkor Wat.

I have and now edited with FastStone , I think they are more beautiful than before ( brut de décoffrage as we say in french cheesy.gif ) so I can upload here

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