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Preah Vihear Temple (Khmer : Prasat Preah Vihea)

Preah Vihear Temple (Khmer :  Prasat Preah Vihea) is an antiquated Hindu sanctuary worked amid the time of the Khmer Empire, that is arranged on a 525-meter (1,722 ft) precipice in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear area, Cambodia. In 1962, after a long debate amongst Thailand and Cambodia over possession, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague decided that the sanctuary is in Cambodia. 



Managing a view for some kilometers over a plain, Prasat Preah Vihear has the most terrific setting of the considerable number of sanctuaries worked amid the six-centuries-in length Khmer Empire. As a key structure of the realm's profound life, it was bolstered and changed by progressive lords thus bears components of a few design styles. Preah Vihear is bizarre among Khmer sanctuaries in being developed along a long north-south hub, instead of having the traditional rectangular arrangement with introduction toward the east. The sanctuary gives its name to Cambodia's Preah Vihear area, in which it is currently situated, and in addition the Khao Phra Wihan National Park which fringes it in Thailand's Sisaket territory and through which the sanctuary is most effortlessly available. On July 7, 2008, Preah Vihear was recorded as an UNESCO World Heritage Site.


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