Ruins
Phnom Bakheng
ប្រាសាទភ្នំបាខែង
Siem Reap, Cambodia
About Phnom Bakheng
Phnom Bakheng is a Buddhist temple in the form of a temple mountain at Angkor, in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Originally a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, it was built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman. Located atop a hill, it is nowadays a popular tourist spot for sunset views of the much bigger temple Angkor Wat, which lies amid the jungle about 1.5 km to the southeast. The large number of visitors makes Phnom Bakheng one of the most threatened monuments of Angkor. Since 2004, the World Monuments Fund has been working to conserve the temple in partnership with APSARA.
