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Angkor, Siem Reap · 13.4620°, 103.8716°
Founded by Jayavarman VII on the ground where he defeated the invading Cham in 1181 and completed in 1191, Preah Khan was named Nagara Jayasri, the holy city of victory, and its central image of Avalokiteshvara portrayed the king's father. Flat in plan, with concentric rectangular galleries around the Buddhist sanctuary and Hindu satellite shrines, it functioned as a city, monastery and university said to have supported nearly a hundred thousand attendants before royal patronage lapsed after the fifteenth century; it was cleared in 1927–1932 and has been conserved by the World Monuments Fund since 1991.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Khmer Empire
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