Krol Ko

Krol Ko is a small Buddhist temple complex of Angkor World Heritage Site ( province of Siem Reap, Cambodia ), and located only a few hundred meters north of Neak Pean artificial island away.

History

The building from the late 12th century, the modern name is park of the ox, goes back to the king Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire. Krol Ko was once possibly associated with the nearby Preah Khan. The clearing of the Überwuches and conservation of the first temple dedicated to Avalokiteshvara probably led by the French architect Henri Marchal 1922-24 as mandated by the École française d' Extrême -Orient. Some of the triangular pediment have been restored until 1944.

Architecture

Two rings of walls of laterite with each input in east surrounded Prasat. Access to the outer district offers a simple passage. There are niches in the remains of battlements with Buddha images, as well as on the floor two restored pediment with Avalokiteshvara on a lotus, in the midst of praying standing, and Krishna, who lifts his little finger the mountain Govardhana. The inner city wall surrounds on three sides a trench leading down to the stage. In the 25-35 m wide courtyard is accessed by a gopura, whose upper section is collapsed. It has an entrance hall to the east and two narrow wings to north and south. Inside are the central and south of Prasat open to the west so-called library with portico and a dummy portal in the east. She has, as well as Gopura and Prasat, blind windows with lowered blinds. Purpose and function typical of the architecture of the Khmer libraries are unknown. The entrance to the style of the Bayon build Prasat, the roof is missing, in the east, the protruding extensions of the other sides end in appearance portals. The Prasat is on a cross-shaped terrace.