Cambodia Travel Phnom Penh - Temple Trail @Roung Temple ប្រាសាទ រូង & North Phnom Prasit Pagoda វត្តភ្នំប្រសិទ្ធិត្រ័យត្រិង្ស - 8th century Pre-Angkorian Temple

Cambodia Travel Phnom Penh - Temple Trail @Roung Temple ប្រាសាទ រូង & North Phnom Prasit Pagoda វត្តភ្នំប្រសិទ្ធិត្រ័យត្រិង្ស - 8th century Pre-Angkorian Temple (1999 1219)

Getting There:

Route 1: National Highways 5 after Prek Pnov Bridge and turn into National Road 130 (in front TELA), at Preak Phnov, a vivid market, you turn left and follow the asphalt, then laterite road to the West for 12km

Route 2: National Highways 4 and turn into National Road 42 after ACLEDA Bank Plc. and ATM at the right until junction National Road 42 and turn left

At your right hand sight you see a golden 'pagoda' topping the Phnom Basset. An narrow asphalt road runs up the hill.

 

We use Route 1, at Preak Phnov, a vivid market, you turn left and follow the asphalt, then laterite road to the West for 12km, An narrow asphalt road runs up the hill

The Prasat Phnom Baset is situated on a terrace on the north slope of the hill. It is a rectangular brick edifice, 12 m west-east by 8.45 m north-south. It shelters a rounded granite rock, with a natural grotto, facing west. The temple also opens west. 

North Phnom Prasit Pagoda វត្តភ្នំប្រសិទ្ធិត្រ័យត្រិង្ស

Roung Temple ប្រាសាទ រូង - 8th century Pre-Angkorian temple

Above this file photo, What it left today when visit.

The entrance door is framed by sandstone colonnettes and a lintel showing foliage. The outer walls are decorated with reliefs of palaces. At the East is a false door of brick.

 

Walk down hill at side to Phnom Baset Recline Buddha - Preah Aung Thom in an enormous, impressive lying Buddha, carved from the granite rock, amended with cement, and recently painted. The figure measures 21 m in length and 6 m in height enclosing a cave.

Phnom Baset Recline Buddha - Preah Aung Thom