Prasat price

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Prasat Prei with temple tower (center), library (left) and Gopuram (right) (2009)

Prasat Prei is a Buddhist temple complex in the Angkor Archaeological Park and therefore part of the world heritage in Cambodia .

history

Prasat Prei, which can be translated as "sanctuary in the forest", was built under Jayavarman VII in the Bayon style, which is characterized by lush and dense decorations. In 1934, H. Mauger freed the temple from overgrowth for the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO). During the restoration , the sculpture of a chariot pulled by oxen was discovered and kept in a museum .

architecture

In the center is a four-storey temple tower, a prasat , above a cross-shaped cella measuring 2.90 × 2.90 m in area. A longer vestibule connects to the east , while in the other directions short corridors end in front of false portals. All of these vestibules have cantilever vaults . Standing devas are depicted in the niches . Other typical elements of the Bayon style that Prasat Prei exhibits are apsaras , foliage and geometric patterns as background motifs, as well as blind windows with column grilles or curtains as stone reproductions. To the southeast of the Prasat is a "library" made of sandstone and laterite , the entrance of which is in the west. These buildings, which are typical of Angkor's architecture, are individual buildings that were not only used to store holy scriptures , as the EFEO assumed in the first half of the 20th century, but more often as accommodation for pilgrims, family shrines and locations for burnt altars . Prasat Prei is surrounded by an outer wall made of laterite, which is only partially preserved and encloses an area of ​​20 × 24 m. A gate tower, a gopuram , formed the entrance to the temple area. Only a sandstone door frame and the reveal of a window are left of this. The remains of a laterite foundation can be found in the northeast corner of Prasat Prei.

Web links

Commons : Prasat Prei  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Maurice Glaize: Les Monuments du groupe d'Angkor . 4th edition. Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-7200-1091-X , p. 170 (French, 285 p., Translation by Nils Tremmel into English [PDF; 8.0 MB ; accessed on August 11, 2011] First edition: Portail, Saigon 1944).
  2. ^ Dawn F. Rooney: Angkor . Cambodia's wondrous Khmer Temples. 6th edition. Odyssey Books & Guides, Hong Kong 2011, ISBN 978-962-217-802-1 , pp. 137 (English).
  3. ^ Dawn F. Rooney: Angkor . Cambodia's wondrous Khmer Temples. 6th edition. Odyssey Books & Guides, Hong Kong 2011, ISBN 978-962-217-802-1 , pp. 253 (English).
  4. ^ 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. 190 (Italian: I tesori di Angkor . Translated by Wolfgang Hensel).

Coordinates: 13 ° 28 ′ 4.5 "  N , 103 ° 52 ′ 37.8"  E