Baphuon
The Baphuon is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon. Also called "golden mountain", the Baphuon is built on an artificial hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Angkor Thom and Phnom Bakheng.
Angkor Thom
Archaeological site
Angkor Thom, alternatively Nokor Thom, located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. Angkor Thom is situated 3 km east of Baphuon.
Phnom Bakheng
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Phnom Bakheng is a Hindu temple in the form of a temple mountain in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Dedicated to Shiva, it was built at the end of the 9th century, during the reign of King Yasovarman. Phnom Bakheng is situated 2½ km southeast of Baphuon.
Phimeanakas
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Phimeanakas or Vimeanakas at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Hindu temple in the Khleang style, built at the end of the 10th century, during the reign of Rajendravarman, then completed by Suryavarman I in the shape of a three tier pyramid as a Hindu temple. Phimeanakas is situated 3 km northeast of Baphuon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siem Reap.
Siem Reap
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The town of Siem Reap, in northern Cambodia, is the primary access point for the Angkor Archaeological Park, just north of the city. It is quite laid-back and a pleasant place to stay while touring the temples.
Baphuon
- Type: Park
- Description: temple
- Categories: temple and archaeological site
- Location: Tuek Vil, Krong Siem Reab, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Baphuon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Baphuon”
- Basque: “Baphuon”
- Chinese: “巴普昂寺”
- Croatian: “Baphuon”
- Danish: “Baphuon”
- Dutch: “Baphuon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد بابيون”
- French: “Baphuon”
- French: “Baphûon”
- German: “Baphuon”
- Hungarian: “Baphuon”
- Indonesian: “Baphuon”
- Italian: “Baphuon”
- Japanese: “バプーオン”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទ បាពួន”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទបាពួន”
- Korean: “바푸온”
- Korean: “바푸욘”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Baphoun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Baphuon”
- Norwegian: “Baphuon”
- Polish: “Baphuon”
- Portuguese: “Baphuon”
- Russian: “Баппон”
- Russian: “Бапуон”
- Russian: “Бапхуон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Baphuon”
- Slovenian: “Baphuon”
- Spanish: “Baphuon”
- Swedish: “Baphuon”
- Tamil: “பாபூன்”
- Thai: “ปราสาทบาปวน”
- Turkish: “Baphuon”
- Ukrainian: “Бапуон”
- Vietnamese: “Baphuon”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Baphuon”. Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.