Buildings and Structures in Phnom Penh - Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Preah Suramarit National Theatre, Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phsar Thom Thmei (Paperback)

Chapters: Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Preah Suramarit National Theatre, Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phsar Thom Thmei, Camko City, Wat Phnom, InterContinental Phnom Penh, Sorya Shopping Center, Phnom Penh Hotel, Phnom Penh Railway Station, Phnom Penh Church of Christ, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Royal Palace (Khmer:, Preah Barum Reacha Veak Nei Preah Reacha Nayeak Kampuchea), in Phonm Penh Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal resident of the king of Cambodia. Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barom Reachea Vaeng Chaktomuk. The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in 1866, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge. The palace was constructed after King Norodom relocated the royal capital from Oudong to Phnom Penh in the mid-1800s. It was gradually built atop an old citadel called Banteay Kev. It faces towards the East and is situated at the Western bank of the four divisions at the Mekong River called Chaktomuk (an allusion to Brahma). Sisowath of CambodiaThe establishment of the Royal Palace at Phnom Penh in 1866 is a comparatively recent event in the history of the Khmer and Cambodia. The seat of Khmer power in the region rested at or near Angkor north of the Great Tonle Sap Lake from 802 AD until the early 15th century. After the Khmer court moved from Angkor in the 15th century, it first settled in Phnom Penh which back then named as Krong Chatomok Serei Mongkol (Khmer: ) in 1434 (or 1446) and stayed for some decades, but by 1494 had moved on to Basan, and later Longvek and then Oudong. The capital did not return to Phnom Penh until the 19th century and there is no record or remnants of any Royal Palace in Phnom Penh prior...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=283060