Baphuon (Siem Reap) | temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, historic ruins, 11th century construction

Cambodia / Siem Reab / Siem Reap
 temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, historic ruins, 11th century construction
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphuon
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Coordinates:   13°26'37"N   103°51'26"E

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  • I have visited Baphuon three times, in 2002, 2006 and 2008. Unfortunately, on all three occasions, the monument was not yet fully open to the public. I call the Baphuon the "world's biggest jigsaw puzzle" because after it was dismantled, the Cambodian civil war happened, and when the country is at peace again, the documents describing how it was dismantled had been destroyed. So it took over 20 years to put the monument back together again. I describe this in more detail on my webpage here: http://www.big-world-out-there.com/c/cambodia/angkor/baphuon.htm