Hello Steemians,

In this post, I will talk about the temple **Ta Prohm** in Cambodia.

Ta Prohm was built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries as a Buddhist monastery and university. The temple's inscriptions tell us that the site was once home to more than 12,500 people (including 18 high priests and 615 dancers). Over 800,000 additional people worked in the surrounding villages, to support the temple. They also inform us, that the temple once had considerable riches, like gold, pearls and silks.

After the fall of the Khmer Empire in the 15th century, Ta Prohm was abandoned and reclaimed by nature. When the effort to  restore the temples of Angkor began in the early 21st century, a decision was made that Ta Prohm would be left largely as it had been found.

You can see in the pictures the extent to which the trees have "invaded" the temple. Now they are part of it.

And a little tip for the cinefils: Ta Prohm and Angkor Wat have featured in a Hollywood film, none other than Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (1). 

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<center>Entrance of Ta Prohm </center>

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<center>Views from Ta Prohm </center>

And that's the end of today's post. I hope you liked it, and that you will follow me to my next post. Have a good day, and we'll speak again soon!

References:
1.Text from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm.