Royal Palace (Phnom Penh)

The Royal Palace of Cambodia (Khmer: ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង) is a complex of buildings which serves as the official royal residence of the King of Cambodia. Its full name in Khmer is the Preah Barom Reacheaveang Chaktomuk Serey Mongkol (Khmer: ព្រះបរមរាជវាំងចតុមុខសិរីមង្គល). The Cambodian monarchs 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 rule of the Khmer Rouge.

The palace was constructed by King Norodom between 1866 and 1870; this original palace was largely demolished and rebuilt between 1912 and 1932, It is situated at the Western bank of the confluence of the Tonle Sap River and the Mekong River called Chaktomuk (an allusion to Brahma).

Text adapted from “Royal Palace of Cambodia” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Royal Palace (Phnom Penh) ranks #409 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking. Founded 1866, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 12,240 times in the last 60 days, more than 94% of the atlas. See how Cambodia compares in the castle statistics.

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