Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda

We are now at a much happier place: the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, the buildings and the grounds are beautiful we wandered around for about 45 min. After the morning it was so nice to experience something on a happier note.

The Royal Palace, in Phnom Penh is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the King of Cambodia. The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in the 1860s, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.

We also visited the silver pagoda which is in the same complex as the Palace

The Silver Pagoda or the temple of the Emerald Buddha was formerly a wooden building and rebuilt in 1962 in concrete and marble.

The pagoda is floored with over 5000 silver tiles each weighing 1 kilo. It is famous for its 90 kg solid gold Buddha made in 1907 and an emerald Buddha said to be made of baccarant crystal. Sharing the pagoda are many other interesting artifacts and jewels and was one of the few temples to remain intact during the Khmer Rouge regime.Leer más