Banteay Samré

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Banteay Samré ( Khmer ប្រាសាទបន្ទាយសំរែ ) is a Khmer temple in the central Angkor area ( Cambodia ). The name means "Fortress of the Samré" in German - the Samré are said to have been a local tribe.

history

Banteay Samré resembles Prasat Hin Phimai in today's Thailand in many ways : Both sanctuaries are classic representatives of the Angkor Wat era, each easily recognizable by the bud-shaped roof structure, both were built in the first half of the 12th century. Banteay Samré shows a predominantly Hindu world of images, but on the central temple tower ( Prasat ), unusually, there are also reliefs from Buddhist themes. Prasat Hin Phimai also has a mixture of Hindu and Buddhist iconography . With Banteay Samré, after the so-called "discovery" of Angkor in the 19th century and after the successful reconstruction of the originally private, rather small temple Banteay Srei (1931–1936), a complete temple complex was reconstructed for the first time using the anastilosis method (1936– 1945). The French architect and scientist Maurice Glaize was in charge of this reconstruction .

“ One of the most beautiful and complete monuments of Angkor, the decor of which, of excellent quality and overall very well preserved, now reappears in its original integrity. "

- Maurice Glaize 1944

Location, architecture and architectural decorations

Satellite image: The two large, transverse rectangles are the Western and Eastern Baray . This is where Banteay Samré is located, on the southern half of the east bank.

Banteay Samré is located off the usual tourist routes about 500 m east of Pradak , a village in the parched eastern Baray , where the descendants of the Samré are said to live. Thus, the temple is about halfway between the Roluos group in the south and the Banteay Srei temple in the north.

The architecture of the temple is similar to other smaller flat temples of the same time, namely Prasat Hin Phimai , but also the Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda . All parts of the system stand on 120 cm high, bulged plinths. From the outside in there are:

  • the outer gallery (83 m × 77 m) with a gate ( gopura ) decorated in relief in the south, west and north and a gate pavilion in the east
  • the inner wall (44 m × 38 m) with four gates decorated in relief
  • the inner courtyard with two “libraries” to the left and right of the main path leading from east to west
  • building over the main path, the vestibule ( mandapa ) and the temple tower adorned with Buddhist sculptures (height 21 meters, interior 3 m × 3 m)

literature

  • Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques: Ancient Angkor . River Books, Bangkok 1999, ISBN 974-8225-27-5 .
  • Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Thierry Zéphir: Angkor. A tour of the monuments . Archipelago Press, Singapore 2004, ISBN 981-4068-73-X .
  • Nick Ray: Cambodia . Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria 2005, ISBN 1-74059-525-4 .
  • Johann Reinhart Zieger: Angkor and the Khmer temples in Cambodia . Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai 2006, ISBN 974-9575-60-1 .

Web links

Commons : Banteay Samré  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Reinhart Zieger: Angkor and the temples of the Khmer in Cambodia. 2006, p. 10, p. 251.
  2. ↑ Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques: Ancient Angkor. 1999, p. 206.
  3. ^ Johann Reinhart Zieger: Angkor and the temples of the Khmer in Cambodia. 2006, p. 12.
  4. ^ In his work Les Monuments du Groupe d'Angkor. Quoted from Johann Reinhart Zieger: Angkor and the temples of the Khmer in Cambodia. 2006, p. 12.
  5. ^ Johann Reinhart Zieger: Angkor and the temples of the Khmer in Cambodia. 2006, p. 11.
  6. ↑ All dimensions according to Johann Reinhart Zieger: Angkor and the temples of the Khmer in Cambodia. 2006, pp. 11-12.

Coordinates: 13 ° 26 ′ 31.7 "  N , 103 ° 57 ′ 32.3"  E