Phnom Penh travel guide

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   Tuol Sleng torture center

   The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum for the Cambodian genocide.

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   Royal Palace

   The Royal Palace of Cambodia (Khmer: ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង) is a complex of buildings which serves as the official royal residence of the King of Cambodia.

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   National Museum of Cambodia

   The National Museum of Cambodia is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum. It is located in Chey Chumneas, Phnom Penh.

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   Wat Phnom

   Wat Phnom (Khmer: វត្តភ្នំ, UNGEGN: Vôtt Phnum, ALA-LC: Vatt Bhnaṃ [ʋɔət pʰnom]; "Mountain Pagoda") is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Doun Penh, Phnom Penh.

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   Independence Monument, Phnom Penh

   The Independence Monument (Khmer: វិមានឯករាជ្យ [ʋimiən ʔaekariəc]) in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, was built in 1958 to memorialise Cambodia's independence from France in 1953.

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   Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh

   The Silver Pagoda is located on the south side of the Royal Palace in Chey Chumneas, Phnom Penh.

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   Mosque Nur ul-Ihsan

   The Nur ul-Ihsan Mosque (Khmer: ម៉ាស្ជិឌព្រែកប្រធាតុ) was, until 2018, the oldest mosque in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. It was situated 7 km north of the centre of the city.

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   Central Market

   The Central Market (Khmer: ផ្សារធំថ្មី, Phsar Thum Thmei; meaning "New Grand Market") is a market and an art deco landmark in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.

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   Wat Ounalom

   Wat Ounalom is a wat located on Sisowath Quay in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, near the Chaktomuk Royal Palace.

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    Al-Serkal

    The Al-Serkal Mosque (Khmer: វិហារឥស្លាមអាល់សឺកាល់) is the main mosque in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.

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   Notre Dame Cathedral

   Christ the King Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Phnom Penh (Khmer: រាជធានីភ្នំពេញវិហារ; French: Cathédrale de Phnom Penh), was a 19th-century French Gothic revival church that served as the cathedral of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh.

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   Wat Botum

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   Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument

   The Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, is a large concrete monument commemorating the former alliance between Vietnam and Cambodia.

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   Wat Langka

   Wat Langka is a wat (Buddhist temple) located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is one of the five ancient pagodas in Phnom Penh and was built in B.E.

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   Wat Saravan

   Wat Saravan, officially Wat Saravan Techo, is a wat in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is located to the northwest of the Royal Palace of Cambodia and southwest of Wat Ounalom.

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   Roman Catholic Church of Phnom Penh

   St. Joseph's Church (Khmer: ព្រះវិហារសន្តយ៉ូសែប, French: Église Saint-Joseph) is a prominent Roman Catholic church in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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