Moha Montrey Pagoda
Wat Moha Montrey is a wat located on Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Built in 1970, it was used by the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 as a storage house for rice and corn.Photo: Sundgauvien38, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: monastery temple in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Also known as: “Moha Montrei Pagoda” and “Wat Moha Montrey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympic Stadium and S-21.
Olympic Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Khmer Scholar, CC BY 2.0.
The National Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It has a capacity of 30,000. Despite its name, the stadium has never hosted an Olympic Games. Olympic Stadium is situated 410 metres north of Moha Montrey Pagoda.
S-21
Building
Photo: Nefelimhg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum for the Cambodian genocide. Located in Phnom Penh, the site is a former secondary school used as an internment facility known as Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. S-21 is situated 760 metres southeast of Moha Montrey Pagoda.
Independence Monument
The Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, was built in 1958 to memorialise Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. It stands on a roundabout in the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the centre of the city. Independence Monument is situated 1½ km east of Moha Montrey Pagoda.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koh Pich.
Koh Pich
Suburb
Photo: Io Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koh Pich is a 100-hectare island and a mixed-use estate and central business district in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It lies in the Tonlé Bassac River near Chaktomuk, where the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers meet and the Bassac River branches off; it forms part of Chamkar Mon District and faces Koh Norea across the river. Koh Pich is situated 3 km east of Moha Montrey Pagoda.
Moha Montrey Pagoda
- Categories: place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Oulampik, Khan Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Mekong Lowlands and Central Plains, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.55477° or 11° 33′ 17″ northLongitude
104.91324° or 104° 54′ 48″ eastOpen location code
7P36HW37+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 172602668OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousWikidata ID
Q7972940
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Moha Montrey Pagoda” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大官寺”
- French: “Wat Moha Montrey”
- Khmer: “វត្តមហាមន្ត្រី”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Moha Montrey”
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