Ta Keo
Ta Keo is a temple-mountain in Angkor, possibly the first to be built entirely of sandstone by the Khmer Empire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Liftold, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monastery in Cambodia
- Also known as: “Hemasringagiri”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spean Thmor bridge and Thommanon.
Spean Thmor bridge
Photo: Henry Flower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spean Thma in Angkor, Cambodia is known as the bridge of stone and it is located west of Ta Keo. It is one of the few Khmer Empire era bridges to have survived to the modern day. Spean Thmor bridge is situated 290 metres northwest of Ta Keo.
Thommanon
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thommanon is one of a pair of Hindu temples built during the reign of Suryavarman II at Angkor, Cambodia. This small and elegant temple is east of the Gate of Victory of Angkor Thom and north of Chau Say Tevoda. Thommanon is situated 600 metres northwest of Ta Keo.
Chau Say Tevoda
Hindu temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chau Say Tevoda is a Angkor Thom gate of the dead terrace of the animals temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is just east of Angkor Thom, directly south of Thommanon across the Victory Way. Chau Say Tevoda is situated 530 metres west of Ta Keo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siem Reap.
Siem Reap
Photo: N 3 14 15 92 65, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Ta Keo
- Categories: monastery, archaeological site, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Nokor Thum, Krong Siem Reab, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.44472° or 13° 26′ 41″ northLongitude
103.88241° or 103° 52′ 57″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Inception
1007Open location code
7P55CVVJ+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 228152964OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Ta Keo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ta Keo”
- Chinese: “塔高寺”
- Chinese: “茶胶寺”
- Croatian: “Ta Keo”
- Dutch: “Ta Keo”
- French: “Ta Keo”
- German: “Ta Keo”
- Hungarian: “Ta Keo”
- Indonesian: “Ta Keo”
- Italian: “Ta Keo”
- Japanese: “タ・ケウ”
- Khmer: “ប្រាសាទតាកែវ”
- Korean: “따 께오”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ta Keo”
- Norwegian: “Ta Keo”
- Polish: “Ta Keo”
- Russian: “Та Кеа”
- Russian: “Та-Кео”
- Spanish: “Ta Keo”
- Tatar: “Та Кео”
- Vietnamese: “Ta Keo”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Ta Keo”. Photo: Liftold, Public domain.