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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Phnum Pénh, Phnum Pénh (municipality), Cambodiaen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun 1865-1919 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Cambodian)en_US
dc.date1865-1919en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-24T14:53:12Z
dc.date.available2013-09-24T14:53:12Z
dc.date.issued1865-1919en_US
dc.identifier235075en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2519en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/142510
dc.descriptionMiniature model of Angkor Wat on the palace grounds, in front of the Silver Pagoda, small library to the left; The French protectorate was established in 1863; in 1865 the royal palace was established in Phnom Penh. Originally built of wood in the 1870s, the palace was rebuilt in more durable materials by King Sisovath (reigned 1904-1927). Work started in 1907 and the palace was inaugurated on 16 May 1919. Its architecture was purely traditional, with layered roofs, ridge-poles ending in double curves, pediments with curves and counter-curves and multicoloured, varnished, tiling. The whole could have been an illustration for the descriptions of the monuments of Angkor at the end of the 14th century [known as Angkor Vat style] by the Chinese chronicler Zhou Daguan. The complex is divided by walls into three main compounds, on the north side is the Silver Pagoda (Vat Peah Keo), to the south side is the Khemarin Palace and the central compound contains the Throne Hall. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/4/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumwood; masonry; reinforced concrete; tileen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectFrance--Colonies--Asiaen_US
dc.subjectrevival stylesen_US
dc.subjectHinduen_US
dc.subjectBuddhisten_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectCambodianen_US
dc.titleRoyal Palace Complex, Phnom Penhen_US
dc.title.alternativePreah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuken_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CB-PP-RP-C5en_US
vra.culturalContextCambodianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktyperoyal palaceen_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Cambodian)en_US


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