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fiogf49gjkf0d PLACES TO VISIT IN THE CAPITAL PHNOM PENH ARE THE OLD
ROYAL PALACE, THE MUSEUM OF ARTS. THE TOUL SLENG MUSEUM,
THE DEFENSE MUSEUM AND THE PAGODES.
ANGKOR AND THE TEMPLES OF ANGKOR WAT.
THE FIVE TOWERS ARE THE SYMBOL OF THE COUNTRY. THIS
MONUMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 12TH CENTURY.
ANGKOR THOM
THE PRINCIPAL MONUMENTS ARE:-
THE BAYON, CENTER OF THE CITY OF ANGKOR THOM. THE BAPHUON,
CONSTRUCTED IN THE 11TH CENTURY. THE TA PROHM, AN ANCIENT
MONASTERY FROM THE 12TH CENTURY. THE ELEPHANT TERRACE, NAMED
AFTER THE FOUR ELEPHANTS CARVED FROM STONE. FINALLY THE
KINGS TERRACE, NAMED AFTER A PAST KING OF THE COUNTRY, WHOSE
STATUE IS TO BE FOUND IN THE MUSEUM OF PHNOM PENH.
BATTAMBANG
NORTH EAST OF THE CAPITAL. WAT EK WHICH DATES FROM
THE 11TH CENTURY AND IS AN OLD PRISON USED ONCE BY
THE KHEMERS ROUGES.
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