+85511422007Prasat Suor Prat
Prasat Suor Prat (Khmer: ប្រាសាទ សួ ព្រ័ ត) is a series of twelve open towers from north to south, which line the east side of the royal square at Angkor Thom near the town of Siem Reap in Cambodia. The towers are made of rugged laterite and sandstone. The towers are located in front of the Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King, flanking the top of the road leading east to the Victory Gate on each side of which they are arranged symmetrically. Its function remains unknown.
Prasat Suor Prat (Khmer: ប្រាសាទ សួ ព្រ័ ត) is a series of twelve open towers from north to south, which line the east side of the royal square at Angkor Thom near the town of Siem Reap in Cambodia. The towers are made of rugged laterite and sandstone. The towers are located in front of the Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King, flanking the top of the road leading east to the Victory Gate on each side of which they are arranged symmetrically. Its function remains unknown.
The name of the current tower in Khmer stands for "The Towers of Tightrope Dancers," a romantic name derived from local belief that they were used to support a high thread stretched between them for acrobatic purposes during royal festivals. This belief, however, is irrelevant. Zhou Daguan describes in his records that the towers are used to resolve disputes among the Angkorians.
The temple was built during the reign of Indravarman II.
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