Neak Pean

 

Built by Jayavarman VII in memory of his father. It is a royal city forming a rectangle of 700 by 800 meters surrounded by a moat and similar to Ta Prohm,but with only four enclosures. Opening to the east to a baray ( at the center of which is Neak Pean ) via terrace originally used as a boat landing. The large stele, discovered in 1939, tells us that the temple was dedicated to king's father. It also refers to the small stone building within the fourth enclosure to the east as " a house of fire" ? perhaps for visiting pilgrims. The many holes in the central tower could perhaps havebeen used to fix a bronze paneling.