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BANTEAY SREI - CITADEL OF WOMEN

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Banteay Srei, Angkor, Cambodia
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2024
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2024

Temple founded during the reign of Jayavarman V, one of the finest relics of Khmer art, with gopuras, pink sandstone and sculptures.

Built in pink sandstone and laterite, archaeologists estimate that it was consecrated in 967, during the reign of Jayavarman V. This temple is located on the site of the former imperial capital, the city of Shiva. The nickname "Citadel of Women" comes from the bas-reliefs representing countless devatas. At dusk, the crowd becomes more scattered in this temple often crowded and this jewel of Khmer art is revealed in all its splendor. Discovered late by the archaeologists of the French School of the Far East, it was only cleared in 1924. André Malraux and his wife Clara had taken advantage of his distance to plunder the temple in 1923. They were arrested in Phnom Penh with a magnificent pediment, which was first stored in the national museum of the Cambodian capital, then put back in its place in the 1930s. But, scalded by the attempts of plundering, the authorities of the country decided finally to preserve it in Phnom Penh. A second pediment was given to France in gratitude for the work done by its archaeologists. It is now in the Guimet Museum. The splendid gopuras of its three enclosures, the delicacy of the sculptures of the pediments and friezes, especially those of the northern and southern "libraries", the beautiful color of its pink sandstone, the exceptional quality of its decoration and sculptures, its reduced proportions reminiscent of a model, make this temple one of the most beautiful vestiges of Khmer art.

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Dourouc31
Visited in november 2019
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Détour obligatoire
Un peu décentré par rapport aux temples principaux, il vaut certainement le détour!
En plus du temple en lui-même, il faut également prendre le temps de se promener dans les abords du temple et sortir un peu de la foule !
J-ML
Visited in october 2019
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Banteay Srei
A quelques dizaines de kms de Angkor Thom, par une route en mauvais état et à travers une campagne de rizières, le Temple des Femmes en grès rose aux sculptures d'une finesse exceptionnelle. Une Merveille!!
fn1709
Visited in august 2018
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Un joyau !
Peut-êtrer faudrait-il commencer une découverte d'Angkor par ce bijou.
Petit temple, mais juste magnifique, il offre la possibilité de découvrir la sculpture khmère et son iconographie dans un rapport d'intimité idéal. Ensuite on se découvre plus sensible à cet art dans la suite des visites.
C'est l'anti-Angkor Vat mais leur découverte se complète et s'enrichit.
Il faut en tous cas l'imposer - il est un peu à l'écart des circuits, à l'organisateur de votre voyage.
C'est ce temple qui se démarquera dans vos souvenirs.
pbelin
Visited in february 2019
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Magnifique
Un peu éloigné mais visite indispensable. Ce petit temple possède une richesse de bas reliefs et sculptures. De plus l’aménagement du site permet de gérer la foule touristique. Espace pédagogique sur les restaurations très intéressant.
fute_307340
Visited in november 2018
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Un peu loin des autres temples d'angkor mais en vaut vraiment la peine d'être visite. Le temple est magnifique. Pas aussi rose en vrai que sur les photos mais les bas reliefs, sculptures et ornements sont d'une finesse epoustanflante. Un incontournable !

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