PHNOM PENH, 19 February 2013: Cambodian government officials say
the Royal Crematorium will become a major tourist site at least for the
next few months.
The country’s local media reported that the government has been
requested to keep the Late King-Father Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk’s
Royal Crematorium for an extended period to support tourism.
Government-Private Sector Working Group on Tourism co chair, Ho
Vandy, said he has received a lot of comments from foreign tourists to
keep the Royal Crematorium structure for a while to enable tourists to
visit when they are scheduled to tour the National Museum.
“It
represents an aspect of beautiful and historical Khmer architecture and
construction of this century and tourists as well as our young
generations have never seen this kind of building before.”
The Royal Crematorium is located on an open square of the Veal Preah
Merhu in front of the National Museum next to the Royal Palace.
It represents a mixture of ancient and modern architecture. It was
built over 11 weeks starting last November 2012 at a cost of US$1.2
million.
Norodom Sihanouk was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 to 2004.
He was the effective ruler of Cambodia from 1953 to 1970. After his
second abdication in 2004, he was known as “The King-Father of
Cambodia”, a position he retained along with many of his former
responsibilities as a constitutional monarch.
He died after a heart attack in Beijing, China, 15 October 2012, at the age of 89.
On 28 November 2012, King Father Norodom Sihanouk was officially
anointed by Royal Decree of HM King Norodom Sihamoni with the title
Preah Karuna Preah Norodom Sihanouk Preah Borom Ratanakkot meaning The
King who lies in the Diamond Urn.
1 comment:
What a waste of money building a crematorium to burn the dead body of a traitor of the Khmer people.It was the work of Hun Sen grandstanding his lies and cheats to the people - loss loss and loss!! the money could have been better spent for the so many poor
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