| "This is the most solitary place in all Angkor -
and the pleasantest. If it was truly the Mount Meru of the gods,
then they chose their habitation well. But if the Khmers had chanced
to worship the Greek pantheon instead of that of India, they would
surely have built on Phnom Bakheng a temple for Apollo; for it is at
sunrise and sunset that you feel its most potent charm." H W
Ponder
Built atop a natural phnom (mountain),
from the top of Phnom Bakheng the visitor may view Phnom Krom, Phnom
Bok, Phnom Kulen, the West Baray, and Angkor Wat.
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