Ta Nei

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West view of Ta Nei with the remains of the gopuram of the second wall ring in the foreground and the actual temple behind

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

history

In the inner temple district

Ta Nei was built in the late 12th century under the reign of Jayavarman VII in the Bayon style as a Buddhist temple about 200 m west of Eastern Baray . This is evident from inscriptions found in the door jambs of Ta Nei. Indravarman II had the temple expanded and, in addition to the eastern gate tower, the gopuram , also built in the other directions of the first wall ring. The actual temple had a floor area of ​​35 × 26 m and was then extended 11 m to the east in a first step, so that the first and second wall rings are identical there today. This moved the eastern gopuram of the originally first wall ring into the inner temple area, where it is isolated. In a further step, today's second wall ring was built, which takes up a floor area of ​​55 × 47 m and marks the actual temple area. The third wall ring, which is 190 m long from east to west, was probably left unfinished. From him, the gopuram in the east and west in the Bayon style of the late phase have been preserved, which means that they are more recent than the rest of the Ta Nei and differ somewhat in terms of their design.

architecture

Western gopuram of the third wall ring

Ta Nei is bordered by three wall rings, with the third wall ring barely preserved apart from the Gopuram in the east and west. The gate towers, made of sandstone, have a cross-shaped floor plan, which is spanned by a barrel vault. They are rather simply designed with foliage as ornaments and blind windows with curtains as stone reproductions, which are flanked by devas . A cornice surrounds the interior as a decorative element .

To the north and south of the inner temple area, between the second and third wall ring, there is a rectangular water basin 123 m long.

Web links

Commons : Ta Nei  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dawn F. Rooney: Angkor . Cambodia's wondrous Khmer Temples. 6th edition. Odyssey Books & Guides, Hong Kong 2011, ISBN 978-962-217-802-1 , pp. 312 (English).
  2. ↑ Michael Freeman, Claude Jacques: Ancient Angkor . 2nd Edition. River Books Ltd, Bangkok 2003, ISBN 974-8225-27-5 , pp. 131 (English).
  3. ^ A b Maurice Glaize: Les Monuments du groupe d'Angkor . 4th edition. Adrien-Maisonneuve, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-7200-1091-X , p. 139 (French, 285 p., Translation into English by Nils Tremmel [PDF; 8.0 MB ; accessed on August 11, 2011] First edition: Portail, Saigon 1944).
  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. 260, 261 (Italian: I tesori di Angkor . Translated by Wolfgang Hensel).

Coordinates: 13 ° 27 ′ 8 ″  N , 103 ° 53 ′ 7 ″  E