Bokor church, Catholic church on Bokor Mountain, Cambodia.
Bokor Church is a Catholic building standing at 1000 meters elevation on a mountain in Cambodia, featuring neo-Romanesque architecture with a square belfry. The walls are made from locally sourced stone and create a striking presence at the site.
The church was built between 1919 and 1928 under French direction and is one of the earliest Catholic structures in Cambodia. During the Khmer Rouge period it served as barracks, and later suffered damage from conflicts in the 1980s.
The church displays French colonial design mixed with local building materials, shaping how the place looks today. Visitors can see how the architecture brings together European and Cambodian building traditions in its structure.
Access is via mountain roads through Bokor National Park, where temperatures run cooler than surrounding areas. Visitors should prepare for hilly conditions and bring warm clothing, as the elevation affects the weather.
The stone walls show visible bullet holes from armed conflicts during the Vietnamese occupation in the 1980s. These marks tell the story of the difficult history the site has experienced.
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