Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Cambodia temple heads for World Heritage list


26 August 2014

Cambodia will file a request to assign Sambor Prei Kuk, a seventh-century temple of the pre-Angkorian Chenla Kingdom, to UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

Built by Isanavarman I, Sambor Prei Kuk is the most important religious centre of the pre-Angkorian era and is located in a quiet patch of forest in Kampong Thom province. The ministry cultural heritage general director added the ministry first conducted research on the temples in 1998 and a conservation plan was started in 2001 in collaboration with Japan’s Waseda University, a project that will continue until 2017.

Banteay Chhmar Temple, Champei music, Khmer silk and Khol Drama are in the pre-listed process for presentation to UNESCO in the future.

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