Royal Palace

Jayavarman VII's Palace in the capital city of Angkor Thom

The King's sanctuary in the Royal Palace fenced in area

Name:Royal Palace Date 

Late:twelfth century - mid thirteenth century 

King:Jayavarman VII 

Location:Near the focal point of Angkor Thom 

Nearby:Bayon, Baphuon 

The Royal Palace was worked by King Jayavarman VII in the city of Angkor Thom, the new capital of the Khmer realm. The Palace region is found specifically North of the Baphuon sanctuary and a couple of hundred meters from the Bayon.

The Palace grounds are encased by a laterite mass of which today just the base remains. The 600 meter long by 250 meter wide divider was thusly encompassed by a canal.

At a few areas in the encasing dividers were gopura entrance doors. The principle entrance is in the Eastern end of the fenced in area, toward the begin of the street from the Palace to the Victory door, one of Angkor Thom's city entryways. Recorded in the vestibule of this door is a vow to faithfulness to the King of Angkor.

Structures in the Royal Palace walled in area

The Palace grounds were separated into a few areas. A section court toward the East where the principle entrance was, the Royal fenced in areas with the Royal Palace and a nook for the ladies in the West. Other than the Royal Palace, there was an awesome number of structures for clerics, the King's spouses and courtesans, officers, Palace watchmen and others. Every one of these structures that were worked from perishable materials have since quite a while ago vanished.

At the focal point of the Royal Palace zone is the Phimeanakas sanctuary, that was manufactured considerably before, in the vicinity of 950 and 1050. The correct area of the Royal Palace itself is obscure. Stays of structures have been discovered South of the Phimeanakas sanctuary, which are accepted to be the establishments of the Palace. Specifically toward the East of these is an extensive cruciform porch and four asylums, that were conceivably library structures. In the Western segment of the Palace grounds is an encased zone, that may have been the place the King's courtesans lived.

The Royal Terraces 

Framing the Eastern limit of the Royal Palace grounds, the Royal porches extend for a length of around 400 meters running North South. The porches confront the parade grounds and the Suor Prat towers.

It is trusted that the parade grounds were utilized for armed force parades, diversions and parades viewed by the King from the Terrace of the Elephants. The two porches, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King were cleared in the primary decade of the twentieth century and reestablished by the EFEO in the 1990's and 2000's.

The Royal Pond 

North of the Phimeanakas is the Royal Pond measuring 140 meters since quite a while ago, fitted with laterite steps. Its dividers contain sculptings of a few creatures, similar to a fish with a steed head, a fish with an elephant head and a few ocean beasts. The Royal Pond was likely the phase for nautical occasions saw by the King.