Phnom Penh index

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia.  It was built after the abandonment of Angkor in the 15th century

Visual Index of Phnom Penh Sites:

	Site name and description
	Choeng Ek "Killing Fields", (late 1970s) Fields outside of Phnom Penh where tens of thousands lost their lives
	Silver Pagoda , (1896 onward) A colonial-era masterpiece in the native Khmer style, adjacent to the Royal Palace
	Phnom Penh Streets Views of modern day Phnom Penh
	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 onward) Originally built to commemorate independence from France, it now memorializes war dead.
	Wat Phnom , (1372 onward) 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

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