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King: Jayavarman VII From 1181 To 1218
Location: Outside the north gate of Angkor Thom, approximately 500 meters before arriving at the Western entry of Preah Khan, at the end of a small 50 meter road.
This interesting monument is overlooked by most but deserves being analyzed more carefully and can teach us a bit more about the life of Khmer culture. Found in 1924, it had been at first explained as the park of elephants, and for this reason it interests us a lot. It's a sort of circus ring of about 70 meters in width, and may have been utilized as a model for the modern architect who designed the parks for elephants at Bakheng and inside the Cultural Village, but are regrettably outside the public's eyes.
Today, we can see a middle court where the elephants are bathed and cleaned, and there's a discharging trough for waste water. Every two meters inside the first enclosure, are the site of what were utilized to attach the elephants. You can easily imagine the homes for the mahouts in the round building placed over the ringed area.
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Religion: N/A
Style: N/A
King: Jayavarman VII From 1181 To 1218
Location: Outside the north gate of Angkor Thom, approximately 500 meters before arriving at the Western entry of Preah Khan, at the end of a small 50 meter road.
This interesting monument is overlooked by most but deserves being analyzed more carefully and can teach us a bit more about the life of Khmer culture. Found in 1924, it had been at first explained as the park of elephants, and for this reason it interests us a lot. It's a sort of circus ring of about 70 meters in width, and may have been utilized as a model for the modern architect who designed the parks for elephants at Bakheng and inside the Cultural Village, but are regrettably outside the public's eyes.
Today, we can see a middle court where the elephants are bathed and cleaned, and there's a discharging trough for waste water. Every two meters inside the first enclosure, are the site of what were utilized to attach the elephants. You can easily imagine the homes for the mahouts in the round building placed over the ringed area.
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