PHNOM PENH PAST & PRESENT

Itinerary
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Stop At: Royal Palace, Sothearos between Street 240 & 184, Phnom Penh Cambodia

The Royal Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: National Museum, 13th St. Between 178th and 184th Sts., Phnom Penh Cambodia

The museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of Khmer art, including sculptural, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects. The Museum’s collection includes over 14,000 items, from prehistoric times to periods before, during, and after the Khmer Empire, which at its height stretched from Thailand, across present-day Cambodia, to southern Vietnam. The Museum buildings, inspired by Khmer temple architecture, were constructed between 1917 and 1924, the museum was officially inaugurated in 1920, and renovated in 1968.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Wat Phnom, Street 96 Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh Cambodia

WAT PHNOM was built in 1372 by our King Ponhea Yat, built the sanctuary (Vihear) when he moved his capital from Angkor to Phnom Penh in 1422. The prominent Stupa immediately west of the sanctuary contains the ashes of the king and his royal family.

This is the place was created Phnom Penh city till present. Legend relates that DAUN PENH, a wealthy widow, found a large Koki tree in the river. Inside the tree she found four bronze statues of the Buddha. Lady Penh constructed a small shrine on an artificial hill to protect the sacred statues. Eventually this became a sacred site and sanctuary where people would make blessings and praying. The complex is oriented toward the east, where a broad staircase, flanked by NAGAS, guardians and lion-like figures, leads directly to the VIHARA. The figures are all of recent vintage. This east entry is also usually filled with vendors, beggars, charlatans, a variety of children-all creating a sometimes annoying but generally a friendly and almost circus-like atmosphere.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Independence Monument, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Independence Munument

(VIMEAN EKAREACH) in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, was built in 1958 for Cambodia’s independence from France in 1953. It stands on the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the centre of the city. It is in the form of a lotus-shaped stupa, of the style seen at the great Khmer temple at Angkor Wat and other Khmer historical sites. The Independence Monument was designed by the influential Cambodian modern architect by Vann Molyvann.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Central Market, Calmette St. 53, Phnom Penh 55555 Cambodia

The Central Market, is a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. Initial designed by Jean Desbois. Construction works were supervised by French architect Louis Chauchon and the ingenue Wladimir Kandaouroff.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Corner of Street 113 & St 350 History Museum, Phnom Penh 12304 Cambodia

Toul Sleng

Prior to 1975, Toul Sleng was a high school. When the Khmer Rouge came to power it was converted into the S-21 prison and interrogation facility. Inmates were systematically tortured to extract confessions, after which they were executed at the killing fields of Choeung Ek. S-21 processed over 17,000 people, less than a dozen of whom survived. The building now serves as a museum, a memorial and a testament to the madness of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Duration: 1 hour