Bakong Temple, Siem Reap Cambodia ~ 2011

 

Bakong Temple is the first of the large mountain temples in Angkor. It belongs to the Roluos group, build at the end of the 9^th century. The Bakong and the other temples of the Roluos group, like the Preah Ko and the Lolei were build in Hariharalaya, an early capital of the Khmer empire. This area is now called Roluos, located North of Tonle Sap lake about 15 kilometers East of Siem Reap.