PRASAT PREY MONTY
- Location : south of Bakong, Preah Ko and Lolei Temples.
- Access : enter and leave it from the west entrance.
- Date : 8th century to the beginning of the 9th century.
- King : Jayavarman 2nd. - Religion : Hinduism (Siva).
- Art-style : transitional between Kompong Preah (8th century A.D 706, 800) and Kulen style (first half of the 9th century A.D 802-850). BACKGROUND It contained a group of 3 brick towers and stood on side-by-side on a low common base of laterite and each one of which had one door opening to the east side and the other 3 doors are false doors. The lintels columns were made of sandstone. It formerly surrounded by a brick wall, but today only vestiges remain. A sandstone tank can be seen in the northeast corner of this temple, which was used as a tank of curative power fro healing the sick person (the king).
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