Angkor tempels - Siem Reap, Cambodia
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat zie: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat _(tempel)
De tempel Angkor Wat is een hindoeïstische tempel in de Cambodjaanse provincie Siem Reap, en wordt beschouwd als het grootste religieuze bouwwerk ter wereld. De tempel is een van de belangrijkste overblijfselen uit de periode van het Khmer-rijk. De tempel lag in de hoofdstad van het rijk, die tegenwoordig ook Angkor genoemd wordt, maar door de Khmers zelf Yasodharapura.
De tempel Angkor Wat is gebouwd tussen 1113 en 1145, tijdens de regeerperiode van Suryavarman II (regeerde van 1113-1150).
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Angkor (from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor)
The ruins of Angkor are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonlé Sap) and south of the Kulen Hills, near modern-day Siem Reap city (13°24′N, 103°51′E), in Siem Reap Province. The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat, said to be the world's largest single religious monument.
Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together, they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture. Visitor numbers approach two million annually, and the entire expanse, including Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom is collectively protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This popularity of the site among tourists presents multiple challenges to the preservation of the ruins.
Siem Reap (from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siem_Reap)
Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and a popular resort town as the gateway to Angkor region.
Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market. In the city, there are museums, traditional Apsara dance performances, Cambodian cultural village, souvenir and handycraft shops, silk farms, rice-paddy countryside, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary near the Tonle Sap Lake.
Siem Reap today — being a popular tourist destination — has a large number of hotels, resorts, restaurants and businesses closely related to tourism. This is much owed to its proximity to Angkor temples, the most popular tourist attraction in Cambodia.