Prasat Suor Prat

Column of 12 towers inverse the Elephants terrace 

Prasat Suor Prat towers 

Name:Prasat Suor Prat 

Date:End of the twelfth century 

King:Jayavarman VII Location East of the Royal porches 

Nearby:Royal Palace, Phimeanakas, the Khleangs 

The Prasat Suor Prat are a column of 12 towers, 6 on either side of the street driving from the Royal Palace to the Victory entryway. The towers are discovered East of the Royal porches, neglecting the parade grounds toward the West. 

Prasat Suor Prat truly means "towers of the rope artists". The motivation behind the towers is not known. Their outline and abnormal North - South introduction, rather than the standard introduction either towards East or West, recommends that the towers were not worked as havens. 

Utilized for aerobatic exhibitions? 

A few hypotheses exist as to their motivation. As indicated by neighborhood legend ropes associated the highest point of the towers amid celebrations. Stunt-devils performed gymnastic follows up on the ropes viewed by the King from the Elephants porch. 

...Or, on the other hand to determine legitimate clashes... 

Another conceivable reason for existing is given in the records of Zhou Daguan, the Chinese ambassador who put in a year in Angkor until 1297. He says the towers were utilized to determine legitimate debate. On the off chance that a contention between two men couldn't be settled, the two men were secured up one of the towers monitored by their relatives. At the point when following four days the men would be let out of the towers, the liable party would have built up some sort of sickness, while the other would be solid. 

...Or, then again as party room for the King's visitors 

A more probable hypothesis is the Prasat Suor Prat towers were utilized as party rooms to get imperative visitors of the King. From the porches before the towers the visitors would have awesome perspectives of the parade grounds, where celebrations, recreations and armed force parades would be held. 

Outline of the Prasat Suor Prat towers 

The towers have a square floor design with two marginally littler upper floors. Porches were assemble West of the towers, sitting above the parade grounds. There are expansive windows on three of its sides, the sandstone frontons are beautified with lions and Naga sculptings. The passageways open up towards the parade grounds and porches. Behind the two towers closest to the street to the Victory door is an expansive pool fitted with laterite steps.