수많은 앙코르의 유적 중에는 앙코르 왓, 바이욘, 코끼리 테라스 등의 필수 코스인 아주 유명한 유적도 있고
Prasat Suor Pra, Kleang과 같은 쉽게 찾을 수는 있지만 시간이 많지 않은 투어에선 찾지 않는 일반적인 유적도 있고
왠만한 앙코루 투어용 지도에서 조차 찾기 힘든 조그마한 유적들도 엄청나게 많이 산재해 있다.
심지어 앙코르 톰의 끌리앙 바로 뒤에 있는 Vihear Prampil Loveng의 경우는 찾기 쉬운곳에 있으면서도
왠만한 지도엔 유적 표시만 있을뿐 이름은 명시되어 있지 않고
내가 본 몇권의 안내책이나 인터넷에 조차도 정보를 찾을 수 없었다.
그외에도 앙코르 유적에 대해 hardcore인 투어인이라면 남들이 찾지 않는 찾을려고 해도 찾기 힘든 유적 찾기에 도전해 봐도 재미있을듯하다. ^^
아래 글은 인터넷에서 찾은 글이다.
Ta Nei, Eastern Prasat Top (also known as Mangalartha), Vihear Prampil Loveng, Jean Commaille?에 대한 글이다.
To enjoy a temple seen by very few visitors to Angkor, I usually head for Ta Nei, my next port of call.
A winding, sandy trail takes you through the forest to this 12th century structure, which is being used as a training temple for students learning how to restore Angkor's monuments.
Surrounded by the forest and accompanied by the sounds of gecko's and cicadas, Ta Nei, with its lintels, pediments and wall carvings deserving of close inspection at a leisurely pace, is occasionally off-limits to tourists.
A quick pause at the awesome Victory Gate leading into the city of Angkor Thom, then down a narrow leafy trail to the Eastern Prasat Top (also known as Mangalartha), spotlighted by the sun streaming through a hole in the forest canopy.
This was a small shrine on a tall base with ferocious ants, an inscription on the door and a few pediments and lintels showing Vishnu in various guises, lying on the ground nearby.
Its another small temple that rarely sees visitors.
Our last two stops before leaving Angkor Thom were at Vihear Prampil Loveng, where an ancient temple terrace now houses a modern shrine, surrounded by lion and elephant statues and a laterite wall, and at the final resting place of Jean Commaille.
He was a painter and the first curator of the Angkor Park in 1908 and lived in a straw hut beside the Angkor Wat causeway until he was murdered in 1916.
His burial stupa is next to the Bayon and is topped off with a decorative lintel and colonettes. |
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