プレアヴィヒア寺院 (Prasat Preah Vihear)は、カンボジアとタイの国境に位置する古代クメール・ヒンドゥー教寺院です。この寺院の帰属については両国間で争いがありますが、現在はカンボジアのプレアヴィヒア州の実効支配下にあります。2008年、この寺院はユネスコ世界文化遺産に認定されました。プレアヴィヒア寺院の歴史は9世紀にさかのぼり、クメール帝国の君主の命により建設され、10世紀半ばから12世紀初頭にかけて建てられました。標高550メートルの断崖の上に建ち、カンボジア平原全体を見渡すことができます。遠隔地にあり地形が険しいため、プレアヴィヒア寺院は非常によく保存されています。建築様式はアンコールワットに似ています。この古代寺院遺跡は、断崖の上に長さ800メートル、幅400メートルにわたって広がり、四方に長い階段があります。寺院は4層構造で4つの中庭があり、各層には門と壁があり、アンコール王朝時代の独特な建築様式を反映しています。世界遺産委員会は、プレアヴィヒア寺院は優れた立地を持ち、その建築は自然景観と宗教的機能に完全に統合されており、寺院内の精巧な石彫は古代文明の宝であると指摘しています。
Preah Vihear Temple is an ancient masterpiece perched on a mountaintop, offering breathtaking views and stunning Khmer architecture. Built to honor the Hindu god Shiva, it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a symbol of Cambodia’s rich cultural pride and history. A true gem in the sky! 🌄🛕✨
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Beside all of the best thing that Temple has what I’ve noticed it was that the stuff there was so nice. I’ve been too many temples, but this one got the best hospitality.\n\nFor local, it’s free and for tourists I think it’s $1.25 for the ticket.\nFor the road to the top, there’s two short steep road (45°) which kind of scary. And you got choices between riding on your own or taking the car or motor service for $2.5 per person.
Absolutely magical\nAnd sole reason I did a 1200km 3 days long motorcycle escapade from Phnom Penh\n\nAccess is $ 15 and you can ride your own moto to the top. Ticket office is 7km down the mountain and you need to stop there to buy a ticket otherwise you can't pass the gate into the park.\n\nFinal top parking is 100m away from the lowest set of ceremonial stairs.\n\nParking offers a good selection of food stalls and resistants.\n\nThe temple is about 800m long and you will.larer need to walk back more less the same distance.\n\nThe final point of the temple is spectacular cliff view down south ovelokking Cambodian planes. East and west you are able to see a long row of similar cliff mountains one after another.\n\nA lot of military presence as literally 100m north is a border.\nActually google maps shows that parking is on the Thai side but it must be a glitch.\nYou do see some Thai houses maybe 250m away and some towns behind the mountain.
Even though this a 3 hour one way drive from Angkor it's worth all the time leave early so you don't end up in a very hot sun and take refilled water bottles to hydrate. You need to buy tickets at the base of the mountain it's quite cheap along with a open drive car. It's very historical also you would have a view of Thailand from the tip of the mountain. Cold winds sometimes cool you down as u walk towards the great temple. There is almost zero waiting time and very less people visit this place. Wash r rinse your legs and hands in the perfect cold water in the man made pond it's perfect for a lovely hot day as u enter the temple.
