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PREY NOR KOR KNONG-KROV TEMPLE:

... The distance from the trail to Kon Dol Chrum is five kilometers. The distance from the trail to Dam Nak Cha is 10 Kilometres. The distance from Poan Chrey to Prey Nor Kor Knong is 5.3 Kilometres. The resort of Prey Nor Kor Knong-Krov temple is the gathering place where the local people and tourists meet each other for enjoying popular games and religious purpose during the traditional festival. The Temple of Prey Nor Kor has the same form to the temple of Sam Bour Prey Kuk and it was built in the 9th century. Until the assassinated plan set up by the princess of Kun Bot and he had mobilized troop to fight against the princess until he achieved success.

Prey Nor Kor Knong-Krov temple has 2500-square meter landarea consisting of: Thum Temple: Located on high hill of the Khoeun of present temple. It included three temples made of solid brick: one at the left was completely damaged and other two temples remain good forms. Inside these two temples, there are some statues and broken ancient objects remain. The local people there believe that the temples has been protected and maintained by sacred spirit because if tourists would like to photograph the two temples, they should light incense to pray for allowance first otherwise the picture of the two temples do not appear in their cameras. Preah Theat Temple: Located at the East of Thum temple. It included six temples, which were damaged by war.

At the present, there is one temple remains but it is almost collapsed because of thief’s who dig the place to find treasure. Preay Theat Pond: Located at the Northeast of the Thum temple. At that time, there was a Pond called Ku Teuk. Koh An Det or Kor Prak: or another name called Sras Toem located at the North of the village, and has 30-metre length and 20-metres width. Tum Nup or Kam Pheng Poat Chum Vinh: Located around the city of Prey Nor Kor Knong-Krov and was planted the complex wild bamboo, which make it impossible to go through. This dam has approximate 10-metre height, 15-metre vertical angle, and square angle; each angle has 2,500 Metres. Some parts of the dam have been damaged.

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