| Visual Index of Phnom Penh Sites (Site name and description) | |||
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Choeng Ek "Killing Fields" (late 1970s) Fields outside of Phnom Penh where tens of thousands lost their lives. |
Silver Pagoda (1896) A colonial-era masterpiece in the native Khmer style, adjacent to the Royal Palace. |
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Tuol Sleng Genocide Center (late 1970s) A former high school that became one of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious death camps. |
Victory Monument (1958) Originally built to commemorate independence from France, it now memorializes war dead. |
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Wat Phnom (1372) The wat for which the city is named. |
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All images copyright 2000-2006 by Professor Robert D. Fiala of Concordia University, Nebraska, USA
