Tor Temple Group (Central Group) “ក្រុមប្រាសាទតោ (ក្រុមប្រាសាទកណ្តាល)” comprises 18 temples, one pond, and double rampart. The reason why the people called Tor Temple (Lion Temple) because on the tops of all stairs from the four directions, there were lion statues with forelegs standing up, hind-legs humbling down, its head rose up and its mouse opened to the sanctuary.
The outside rampart made of laterite, had 328-meter length and 310-meter width or 101,650 in square-meter. This rampart had Gopura in two-direction (East and West) entrances that are connected by the other laterite ramparts. In between the second rampart and the first rampart, at the Northeastern side near the first rampart, there was a rectangular pond (42.1 m * 34.2 m).
The bottom of the pond spread by laterite and surrounded by stepped stairs. The small stairs of the southern side are made of sandstone. The pond is empty during the dry season.
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Tor Temple of Sambor Prei Kuk Site © Unknown
