The third temple of the day was Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប). I enjoyed my visit to Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប) as it had an ‘authentic’ feel to it, plus there were only a few fellow tourists.
Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប) was built during the reign of Rajendravarman (944-968) around the same time as Banteay Srei Temple (ប្រាសាទបន្ទាយស្រី; 944-968). As Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត) was built in 1110-1150, and Angkor Thom (អង្គរធំ) and Ta Prohm (ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម), between 1181 and 1218; this makes Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប) one of the older temples on my trip.
For more information on Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), please see Wikipedia.
Photo by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — the central Prasats — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — the view from Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — the view from Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — a shrine at Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, CambodiaPhoto by Author — the central Prasat with one of the four other Prasats visible — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
I enjoyed exploring Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប).
It was interesting to note how the style and the build quality of the temples changed from the earliest — Pre Rup (ប្រែរូប) and Banteay Srei Temple (ប្រាសាទបន្ទាយស្រី) around 944 to 968 — on to the later temples such as Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត; 1110-1150) and Angkor Thom (អង្គរធំ) and Ta Prohm (ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម), 1181 and 1218.
