Stupa of King Ponhea Yat
Wat Phnom
15th century
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Stupa of King Ponhea YatWat Phnom
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Ponhea Yat (1405-1467) was a Khmer king who, fleeing from the Thai sack of Angkor Thom, made Phnom Penh his capital in 1431. Below his stupa is a working clock, whose face is ingeniously formed out of shrubbery.
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