• Phnom Chisor is a popular ancient temple and contemporary monastery site located around 50 km south of Phnom Penh in Takeo Province, Cambodia.
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  • Why You'll Love Phnom Chisor. Phnom Chisor is a historical destination located in Cambodia, known for its ancient temple complex.
  • Many pilgrims visit Phnom Chisor as there are other live temples near the ruins. We were not dressed for temples but the temple watchers still called us in.
  • While image 5 shows the stairway from upstairs, 6 shows it from below with the easter gallery of Phnom Chisor Temple Compound on top of the mountain.
  • While the main site of Prasat Phnom Chisor receives few enough visitors, these ancillary temples with their 1000-year-old carvings see virtually zero.
  • Phnom Chisor was in the 11th century at the behest of King Suryavarman I (reigned 1002-1049 ) built and later expanded and renovated many times.
  • Phnom Chiso (often spelled "Phnom Chisor") is a 100 m high solitary hill in Takeo Province, with a temple of the Angkorian era on top of it.
  • At the top of Phnom Chisor (Chisor Mountain) sits some very nicely preserved 10th/11th century AD, Angkorian era temple ruins.
  • There are beautiful sculptures on the lintel and the pillars. Phnom Chiso Pagoda was built in 1917, destroyed by war during the 1970s and rebuilt in 1979.