Krol Ko
Krol Ko is a smaller Buddhist temple complex in the Angkor World Heritage Site ( Siem Reap Province , Cambodia ) and only a few hundred meters north of the artificial island of Neak Pean .
history
The building from the late 12th century, the modern name of which is Park of the Ox , goes back to the king of the Khmer Empire Jayavarman VII . Krol Ko may have been associated with nearby Preah Khan in the past . The clearing of the overgrowth and the first conservation of the temple, probably dedicated to Avalokiteshvara , was carried out by the French architect Henri Marchal in 1922-24 on behalf of the École française d'Extrême-Orient . Some of the triangular gables were restored by 1944.
architecture
Two rings of laterite walls, each with an entrance in the east, surround the Prasat . Access to the outer district is simple. There, in niches, lie the remains of battlements with Buddha images and on the floor two restored triangular gables with Avalokiteshvara on a lotus , standing in the midst of prayers, and Krishna , who lifts Govardhana with his little finger. The inner wall ring surrounds a ditch on three sides, to which steps lead down. The 25–35 m wide inner courtyard is accessed through a gopura , the upper section of which has collapsed. It has an anteroom to the east and two narrow wings to the north and south. Inside is the central Prasat and to the south of it a so-called library open to the west with a portico and a false portal in the east. Like Gopura and Prasat, it has blind windows with lowered curtains. The purpose and function of the libraries typical of Khmer architecture are unknown. The entrance to the Bayon- style Prasat, whose roof is missing, is in the east, the protruding extensions on the other sides end in false portals. The Prasat stands on a cruciform terrace.
Web links
- Angkor Temple Guide: Krol Ko. with overview map and photos. In: The publisher's website with tourist information. Canby Publications, Phnom Penh , accessed August 24, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques: Ancient Angkor . 2nd Edition. River Books Ltd, Bangkok 2003, ISBN 974-8225-27-5 , pp. 181 (English).
- ^ Maurice Glaize: Les Monuments du groupe d'Angkor . 4th edition. Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-7200-1091-X , p. 166 (French, 285 p., Translation into English by Nils Tremmel [PDF; 8.0 MB ; accessed on August 11, 2011] First edition: Portail, Saigon 1944).
- ^ Marilia Albanese: Angkor . National Geographic Art Guide. Ed .: National Geographic Society . G + J / RBA GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-937606-77-4 , p. 192 (Italian: I tesori di Angkor . Translated by Wolfgang Hensel).
Coordinates: 13 ° 28 ′ 5 ″ N , 103 ° 53 ′ 42 ″ E